Senior Storage Systems Engineer - Persistent Disk (SSD/HW)

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking software engineers to design and implement next-generation storage IO paths, moving processing to hardware accelerators and NICs. You will work at the boundary of hardware and software on high-performance storage for Google Cloud, with opportunities to switch teams as the company grows.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, scalability, and collaboration across hardware and software stacks, with a focus on performance and reliability in a massive-scale environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of software development in one or more languages (e.g., C++).
• 3 years developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or storage/compute hardware.
• 3 years testing, maintaining, or launching software; 1 year in design/architecture.
• Experience with test automation development.
• Master's/PhD in CS or related field.
• 5 years DS/algorithms experience.
• 1 year in a technical leadership role.
• Experience with SSDs and storage protocols.
• Experience with hardware accelerators.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement improvements.
• Work with storage developers.
• Deliver functionality for offloaded Persistent Disk with software engineering principles.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

5 years of software development experience in one or more programming languages (e.g., C++).

3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.

3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Experience with test automation development.

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.

5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.

1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.

Experience with Solid State Drives (SSDs) and storage protocols.

Experience with hardware accelerators.

Job description

Google is seeking software engineers to design and implement next-generation storage IO paths, moving processing to hardware accelerators and NICs. You will work at the boundary of hardware and software on high-performance storage for Google Cloud, with opportunities to switch teams as the company grows.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, scalability, and collaboration across hardware and software stacks, with a focus on performance and reliability in a massive-scale environment.