Senior Staff Software Engineer, Performance & Reliability

Google

Kirkland (WA)

On-site

USD 262,000 - 364,000

Full time

2 days ago
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Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Disability insurance
401(k) with company match
Paid time off

Job summary

Google LLC in Kirkland, WA is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for Performance and Reliability in AI and Compute Infrastructure. You will provide technical leadership on high-impact projects, coach distributed teams, and drive design and delivery of high-performance storage and networking software.

The role emphasizes leadership across cross-functional teams, architecture, testing, and shipping infrastructure at scale for AI/Compute platforms.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience programming in C++.
  • 8 years of software development primarily on storage or networking products.
  • 5 years of experience with design and architecture, testing/launching software products, and shipping infrastructure systems.
  • Experience as technical lead of teams with software engineers.

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, build, and ship high-performance storage and networking software products.

Skills

C++
Storage systems
Networking
Design & architecture
Technical leadership
Data structures/algorithms
Leadership in projects
Rust

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
Master's degree or PhD in Engineering/CS (preferred)

Tools

Rust

Job description

Google LLC in Kirkland, WA is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for Performance and Reliability in AI and Compute Infrastructure. You will provide technical leadership on high-impact projects, coach distributed teams, and drive design and delivery of high-performance storage and networking software.

The role emphasizes leadership across cross-functional teams, architecture, testing, and shipping infrastructure at scale for AI/Compute platforms.

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