Senior Staff Software Engineer, Agent Infrastructure, Serverless

Google; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 262,000 - 365,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

PTO 20 days

Sick time 69 hours Seattle

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

Google is seeking a senior software engineer to lead backend services for Cloud Run, focusing on the data plane to support evolving AI workloads and agents. You will provide technical leadership on high-impact projects and coach a distributed team across functions.

The role requires excellent C++ skills, strong design/architecture experience, and a proven ability to drive stack modernization while collaborating with executive product and engineering leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++.
• 5 years of experience with design/architecture; testing/launching software products.
• 5 years of experience with serverless computing on public clouds (e.g., Google Cloud Run, Kubernetes).

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Oversee architectural strategy and the rollout of core back-end services for Cloud Run, primarily emphasizing the data plane to support evolving AI workloads and agents.
• Collaborate with executive product and engineering leadership to define and realize a long-term goal for stack modernization and platform sustainability.
• Drive operational excellence by identifying and executing systematic enhancements to platform health.

Skills

C++ programming

Design and architecture

Cloud concepts (serverless)

Backend systems

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree or PhD

Tools

Google Cloud Run

Cloud Functions

App Engine

Kubernetes

Job description

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short‑Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28‑30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Preferred working location may be one of the following: Sunnyvale, CA; Kirkland, WA; Seattle, WA.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++.
• 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.
• 5 years of experience with server‑less computing concepts and technologies on public cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, App Engine, Kubernetes).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• Experience with API design, multi‑tenancy, containerization, and security in cloud environments.
• Experience in infrastructure for AI workloads.
• Ability to contribute to open‑source Serverless projects (e.g., Knative).

About the Job

Google's software engineers develop the next‑generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale and extend well beyond web search. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities, and be enthusiastic to tackle new problems across the full‑stack.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on high‑impact projects.
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Oversee architectural strategy and the rollout of core back‑end services for Cloud Run, primarily emphasizing the data plane to support evolving AI workloads and agents.
• Collaborate with executive product and engineering leadership to define and realize a long‑term goal for stack modernization and platform sustainability.
• Drive operational excellence by identifying and executing systematic enhancements to platform health.

Compensation

US: $262,000 - $365,000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits.

EEO Statement

Google is proud to be an equal‑opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.