Senior Staff Engineer, Cloud Platform — Lead Scale

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 248,000 - 349,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for Google Cloud Business Platform to own major system execution and shape technical direction. You will influence stakeholders and lead design, testing, and deployment of scalable products.

The role emphasizes ownership, cross-team collaboration, and delivering high-impact software solutions across the cloud platform, with opportunities to evolve within a fast-growing environment at Google.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of software development experience.
• 5 years in design, architecture, and testing or launching software products.

Responsibilities

• Exhibit technical leadership with ownership of execution, e.g., running major systems or building new integrated offerings.
• Utilize domain expertise to serve as a primary authority on critical systems, troubleshooting issues, assessing modifications, and meeting client requirements.
• Identify complex technical problems and provide solutions.
• Operate with excellent judgment and minimal oversight from the leaders.
• Write and test product or system development code.

Skills

Python

C

C++

Java

JavaScript

Technical leadership

Architecture design

Full-stack products

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Master’s degree or PhD

Job description

Google Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for Google Cloud Business Platform to own major system execution and shape technical direction. You will influence stakeholders and lead design, testing, and deployment of scalable products.

The role emphasizes ownership, cross-team collaboration, and delivering high-impact software solutions across the cloud platform, with opportunities to evolve within a fast-growing environment at Google.