Senior Staff Software Engineer - Scale & AI Infrastructure

Socket.dev; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a software engineer to lead and deliver large-scale infrastructure projects, shaping technology for billions of users. You will drive architecture, collaborate across teams, and own critical software solutions from design through deployment.

The role emphasizes leadership, system design, distributed computing, and AI/infra initiatives across Google Cloud and data centers. Strong engineering excellence is required for high-impact work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures/algorithms.
• 3 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.

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

Software development

Distributed systems

System design

Software testing

Software architecture

Data structures/algorithms

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering/CS

Job description

Google is seeking a software engineer to lead and deliver large-scale infrastructure projects, shaping technology for billions of users. You will drive architecture, collaborate across teams, and own critical software solutions from design through deployment.

The role emphasizes leadership, system design, distributed computing, and AI/infra initiatives across Google Cloud and data centers. Strong engineering excellence is required for high-impact work.