Staff Engineer & Tech Lead: Cloud Storage & Systems

Google; United States; On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Cloud is seeking a Staff Engineer/Technical Lead for the Distributed Cloud Storage team, responsible for building high-performance, secure file and block storage for GDC across data centers and cloud environments. This role emphasizes ownership, cross-functional leadership, and scalable storage solutions.

The candidate will drive architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and ensure robust, multi-tenant storage services while advancing AI/ML workload storage capabilities within a secure

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Design, deliver, and architect core file, block, and advanced AI and ML storage solutions within the GDC air-gapped ecosystem.
• Define, isolate, and optimize storage performance to meet IOPS, throughput, and latency benchmarks with multi-tenant VM and RBAC.
• Build and enhance observability, monitoring, alerting, and automated remediation capabilities for high-availability storage operations.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to scale GDC architecture with growing demands.
• Mentor engineers and establish robust software development processes and governance.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field

Job description

Google Cloud is seeking a Staff Engineer/Technical Lead for the Distributed Cloud Storage team, responsible for building high-performance, secure file and block storage for GDC across data centers and cloud environments. This role emphasizes ownership, cross-functional leadership, and scalable storage solutions.

The candidate will drive architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and ensure robust, multi-tenant storage services while advancing AI/ML workload storage capabilities within a secure