Senior Staff Software Engineer, GCE Fleet Maintenance

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Retirement Benefits

Paid Time Off

Sick Time

Maternity Leave

Baby Bonding Leave

Holidays

Job summary

Google Seattle, WA seeks a Senior Staff Software Engineer for the GCE Fleet Maintenance team. You will help shape systems that manage maintenance disruptions for Virtual Machines in Google Compute Engine, tackling large-scale, reliable software across teams and projects.

The role requires leadership and deep expertise in C++ and distributed systems. As part of AI and Infrastructure efforts, you will drive architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and deliver scalable components.

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.

Responsibilities

• Identify, plan and deliver improvements to the maintenance experience for GCE customers.
• Maintain high awareness of customer experience; build data and analytics systems to drive decisions.
• Advocate engineering best practices, establish and improve team processes for collaboration.
• Design, develop and deploy robust, scalable software components for Google Cloud-based platforms.

Skills

C++

Design & Architecture

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Job description

Senior Staff Software Engineer, GCE Fleet Maintenance

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Google Seattle, WA, USA

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

• 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.

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.
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.

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.

The GCE Fleet Maintenance Team is responsible for improving the predictability and control customers have over planned maintenance disruptions to their Virtual Machines (VMs) in Google Compute Engine (GCE). Our team works across Google to build systems and processes that manage these disruptions, ensuring a smooth and efficient maintenance experience for all customers across a wide variety of workloads. We are committed to delivering innovative solutions like which provides customers with greater control over maintenance windows and minimize disruptions to critical workloads.

Your impact will be felt by millions of GCE users, ensuring they have a smooth and efficient maintenance experience for their critical workloads. By driving innovation and collaboration across Google, you will build a reliable and customer-centric platform.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

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.

The GCE Fleet Maintenance Team is responsible for improving the predictability and control customers have over planned maintenance disruptions to their Virtual Machines (VMs) in Google Compute Engine (GCE). Our team works across Google to build systems and processes that manage these disruptions, ensuring a smooth and efficient maintenance experience for all customers across a wide variety of workloads. We are committed to delivering innovative solutions like which provides customers with greater control over maintenance windows and minimize disruptions to critical workloads.

Your impact will be felt by millions of GCE users, ensuring they have a smooth and efficient maintenance experience for their critical workloads. By driving innovation and collaboration across Google, you will build a reliable and customer-centric platform.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

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

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• Identify, plan and deliver improvements to the maintenance experience for GCE customers. Develop team roadmap and strategy to meet organizational goals. Identify opportunities for innovation and improvement within the team and the organization.
• Maintain high awareness of customer experience; build data and analytics systems to drive decisions to build the maintenance experience for Google cloud customers.
• Advocate engineering best practices, establish and improve team processes for collaboration. Drive technical decision-making and ensure the team delivers high-quality, scalable, and maintainable software solutions. Identify and drive improvements to the team's operational posture and processes.
• Design, develop and deploy robust, scalable, and efficient software components for Google Cloud-based platforms.

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