Senior Staff Software Engineer, NetSoft Design, Google Global Infrastructure

Google LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 262,000 - 364,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to drive the NetSoft Design ecosystem's architecture and roadmap. You will champion scalable, fault‑tolerant distributed systems and lead cross‑team efforts across global infrastructure.

The role emphasizes building high‑impact software to support Google’s vast network and data needs, with in‑person interview preferences noted. Strong leadership and architectural vision are essential for this critical project.

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.
• Experience designing, implementing, and optimizing large-scale, fault-tolerant distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Drive the long‑term technical roadmap and system architecture for the NetSoft Design ecosystem.
• Lead the design and evolution of highly distributed, fault‑tolerant software infrastructure.
• Establish standards and unifying architectural principles across multiple stacks.
• Apply a systemic focus to architectural decisions for global performance and security.

Skills

C++

Distributed systems

Leadership

Roadmapping

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

Senior Staff Software Engineer, NetSoft Design, Google Global Infrastructure

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• 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.
• Experience designing, implementing, and optimizing large-scale, and fault-tolerant geographically distributed systems.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• Extensive experience coaching, mentoring, and developing executive technical talent, fostering a culture of engineering excellence, design reviews, and shared operational accountability.

Strong experience driving long-term technical roadmaps and architectural goal across multiple functional engineering teams, converting highly ambiguous, multi-dimensional business requirements into concrete engineering execution pipelines.

• Proven track record of building and operating planetary-scale software infrastructure, with deep expertise in optimizing performance and reliability for algorithmic, graph-based, or highly data-intensive domains.

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.

• Drive the long‑term technical roadmap and system architecture for the NetSoft Design ecosystem, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability across distributed network modeling, planning, and delivery systems.
• Lead the design and evolution of highly distributed, fault‑tolerant software infrastructure capable of managing exponential growth in Google’s global network topology and traffic demand.
• Establish standards, guidelines, and unifying architectural principles across multiple complex software stacks to eliminate redundancy, simplify abstractions, and reduce systemic technical debt.
• Apply a systemic focus to architectural decisions, optimizing for global performance, high availability, strict security boundary enforcement, and operational simplicity.

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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