Senior Staff Software Engineer, Data Engineering, Cloud AI

Google; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 262,000 - 364,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's Cloud AI Data Engineering team is seeking a Data Engineer Tech Lead to build the critical data infrastructure, log processing engines, and automated experimentation pipelines powering executive dashboards and guiding product strategy.

As a Data Engineer Tech Lead on this team, you will lead scalable batch and streaming pipelines, mentor engineers, and ensure privacy, governance, and reliability as you shape analytics for Google's AI initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in Python, C++, Java, or Go.
• 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience building, debugging, or supporting large-scale data pipelines and data processing systems.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical roadmap for Gemini Enterprise metrics and analytics ecosystem.
• Architect scalable batch and streaming pipelines, resolving complex analytics ambiguities and mitigating infrastructure roadblocks before they impact delivery.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders in Data Science, Product Management, and Engineering to identify future metrics requirements and align project timelines.
• Mentor and grow the team, providing guiding feedback and creating opportunities for engineers to stretch into challenging technical responsibilities.
• Ensure system health and enforce Service Level Agreements/Service Level Objective (SLAs/SLOs) for critical production datasets, engineering best practices like robust testing, privacy compliance, and data governance.

Skills

Python

C++

Java

Go

Software design

Data pipelines

Data processing

Testing & launch

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering/Computer Science

Job description

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• 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 of employment
• 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

In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in languages such as Python, C++, Java, or Go.
• 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience building, debugging, or supporting large-scale data pipelines and data processing systems.

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience leading engineering teams, mentoring talent, and architecting solutions for complex data challenges.
• Experience driving cross-functional collaboration and delivering strategic technical recommendations to executive leadership.
• Experience building large-scale analytics platforms and data warehousing solutions using distributed pipeline frameworks.

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. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

In this role, you will join the Cloud AI Data Engineering team, and build the critical data infrastructure, log processing engines, and automated experimentation pipelines that power executive dashboards and guide product strategy.

As a Data Engineer Tech Lead on this team, you will lead and design robust, compliant pipelines handling massive datasets and transitioning raw log signals into real-time metrics. You will directly influence how our customers measure their AI investment and how our engineering teams validate their feature rollouts.The Google Cloud AI Research team addresses AI challenges motivated by Google Cloud’s mission of bringing AI to tech, healthcare, finance, retail and many other industries. We work on a range of unique problems focused on research topics that maximize scientific and real-world impact, aiming to push the state-of-the-art in AI and share findings with the broader research community. We also collaborate with product teams to bring innovations to real-world impact that benefits our customers. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $262000 - $364000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

• Define the technical roadmap and goal for the Gemini Enterprise metrics and analytics ecosystem, aligning with broader Cloud AI product goals.
• Architect scalable batch and streaming pipelines, resolving complex analytics ambiguities and mitigating infrastructure roadblocks before they impact delivery.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders in Data Science, Product Management, and Engineering to identify future metrics requirements and align project timelines.
• Mentor and grow the team, providing guiding feedback and creating opportunities for engineers to stretch into challenging technical responsibilities.
• Ensure system health and enforce Service Level Agreements/Service Level Objective (SLAs/SLOs) for critical production datasets, engineering best practices like robust testing, privacy compliance, and data governance.

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 also 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.