Senior Staff Software Engineer, Unified Traffic Networking

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

Job summary

Google LLC in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a Senior Staff Software Engineer for Unified Traffic Engineering, Infrastructure. The role focuses on building scalable networking and traffic-management solutions, with emphasis on C++ coding, architecture design, and AI workflow integration.

In-person interviews are typical for this position. Ideal candidates bring 8 years in C++, 5 years in design/leadership, and historically deliver large-scale, real-time software systems within a complex, matrixed

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 integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on projects.
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.
• Build next generation traffic engineering functionality; design and implement new networking features and coordination with SREs.

Skills

C++

System design

AI integration

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Google LLC in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a Senior Staff Software Engineer for Unified Traffic Engineering, Infrastructure. The role focuses on building scalable networking and traffic-management solutions, with emphasis on C++ coding, architecture design, and AI workflow integration.

In-person interviews are typical for this position. Ideal candidates bring 8 years in C++, 5 years in design/leadership, and historically deliver large-scale, real-time software systems within a complex, matrixed