Senior Staff Software Engineer — Large-Scale Systems Lead

Socket.dev

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 207,000 - 300,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Google is seeking a software engineer in the United States to design, build, and lead large-scale distributed systems across compute, storage, and networking. The role emphasizes leadership, architectural excellence, and delivering high-impact software at global scale.

Ideal candidates bring advanced knowledge in C++, systems engineering, and collaboration within matrixed teams. Salary reflects market norms with strong bonus and equity components, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience programming in C++.
  • 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
  • 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
  • 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C++ programming
Software design
Distributed systems
Testing & QA
Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree
Master's/PhD in Engineering/CS

Tools

BigQuery
Spanner
Google technologies
AI/ML

Job description

Google is seeking a software engineer in the United States to design, build, and lead large-scale distributed systems across compute, storage, and networking. The role emphasizes leadership, architectural excellence, and delivering high-impact software at global scale.

Ideal candidates bring advanced knowledge in C++, systems engineering, and collaboration within matrixed teams. Salary reflects market norms with strong bonus and equity components, and comprehensive benefits.

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