Senior Staff Cloud & AI Platform Architect

Google

Sunnyvale (CA)

On-site

USD 262,000 - 364,000

Full time

22 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life + disability insurance
401(k) with company match
Paid time off
Sick time
Maternity leave
Baby bonding leave
Holidays

Job summary

Google is seeking highly skilled software engineers to work on scalable backend systems and serverless platforms. You will influence architecture, lead engineers across distributed teams, and drive the evolution of core services for Cloud Run with a focus on AI workloads and agent support.

The role emphasizes leadership, modern software practices, and collaboration with executive teams to advance platform sustainability and performance.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience required.
  • 8 years of experience programming in C++.
  • 5 years of design/architecture experience and launching software products.
  • 5 years with serverless concepts on public clouds (GCP) including Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
  • Coach a distributed team of engineers.
  • Oversee architectural strategy and rollout of core back-end services for Cloud Run with emphasis on AI workloads.
  • Collaborate with leadership to modernize the stack and ensure platform sustainability.
  • Drive operational excellence and platform health improvements.

Skills

C++
Leadership
Cloud architecture
Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Google Cloud Run
Kubernetes
App Engine
Cloud Functions

Job description

Google is seeking highly skilled software engineers to work on scalable backend systems and serverless platforms. You will influence architecture, lead engineers across distributed teams, and drive the evolution of core services for Cloud Run with a focus on AI workloads and agent support.

The role emphasizes leadership, modern software practices, and collaboration with executive teams to advance platform sustainability and performance.

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