Staff Software Engineer - AI & Large-Scale Infra

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a senior software engineer in Sunnyvale to tackle large-scale systems, infrastructure, and AI-enabled platforms. You will contribute across the stack from design through deployment on critical projects that touch billions of users globally.

The role emphasizes leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and building scalable software architectures, with opportunities to shape product direction and leverage cutting-edge technologies like TPU and Vertex AI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in Go, Python, Java, C, or C++.
• 5 years of experience testing and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience in API design and build infrastructure.

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

Go

Python

Java

C

C++

Distributed systems

API design

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

TPUs

Vertex AI

Job description

Google is seeking a senior software engineer in Sunnyvale to tackle large-scale systems, infrastructure, and AI-enabled platforms. You will contribute across the stack from design through deployment on critical projects that touch billions of users globally.

The role emphasizes leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and building scalable software architectures, with opportunities to shape product direction and leverage cutting-edge technologies like TPU and Vertex AI.