Senior Staff Software Engineer – Cloud Platform & Scalable Systems

Google Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA seeks an experienced engineer to own the App Hub surface, delivering a unified experience for app-centric governance and observability. You will help design interfaces, monitor performance, and guide policy across a highly scalable, distributed system.

You will develop next‑generation technologies for billions of users, integrating AI, NLP, and large-scale storage to improve developer productivity and reliability at Google Cloud.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• Experience with Google infrastructure and building scalable distributed systems.
• Experience with the life-cycle of building products that increase developer productivity.

Responsibilities

• In this role, you will own the App Hub surface to present a smooth, unified experience for app-centric manageability, observability, and governance.
• Develop next‑generation technologies for massive scale and high reliability across Google Cloud.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead across the stack on new problems.
• Architect data ingestion from multiple sources and real-time/offline reconciliation.
• Design operational, scalable, and resilient systems that handle failures gracefully.

Skills

Software development

Testing & launches

System design & architecture

Data structures & algorithms

Technical leadership

Google infrastructure

Distributed systems

Developer productivity

Education

Bachelor's degree or equiv

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering/CS

Job description

Google Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA seeks an experienced engineer to own the App Hub surface, delivering a unified experience for app-centric governance and observability. You will help design interfaces, monitor performance, and guide policy across a highly scalable, distributed system.

You will develop next‑generation technologies for billions of users, integrating AI, NLP, and large-scale storage to improve developer productivity and reliability at Google Cloud.