Senior Staff Software Engineer - Drivers & Embedded Systems

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

Job summary

Google Sunnyvale is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for Drivers and Systems Engineering. The role focuses on leading high-impact projects, driving kernel and GPU driver work, and shaping large-scale software for systems across Google’s AI and infrastructure stack.

You will collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver reliable, scalable software for the next generation of hardware and cloud services, with opportunities to influence architecture and long-term technical direction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of software development experience.
• 5 years testing and launching software products.
• 5 years working with embedded operating systems.
• 3 years in software design and architecture.
• Experience in Kernel Drivers and GPU Drivers.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Facilitate alignment on goals, outcomes, and timelines across teams.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.

Skills

Software development

Embedded systems

Kernel drivers

GPU drivers

Software design

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's or PhD preferred

Job description

Google Sunnyvale is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for Drivers and Systems Engineering. The role focuses on leading high-impact projects, driving kernel and GPU driver work, and shaping large-scale software for systems across Google’s AI and infrastructure stack.

You will collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver reliable, scalable software for the next generation of hardware and cloud services, with opportunities to influence architecture and long-term technical direction.