Staff Software Engineer, Cloud AI Data Pipelines

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 301,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off 20 days per year

Sick time 40 hours/year

Maternity leave 28-30 weeks

Baby bonding leave 18 weeks

13 paid holidays

Job summary

Google Sunnyvale is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Gemini Enterprise App, Cloud AI team. You will shape the architecture of the analytics platform and drive end-to-end pipeline design for large-scale data.

You will collaborate with Data Science, Product, and Engineering leaders, own technical direction, and mentor engineers while upholding privacy, security, and reliability across the stack. The role requires strong coding skills in C++, Java, Python, or Go and experience delivering

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin or Go.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.

Responsibilities

• Define the multi-year architectural goal and technical roadmap for the Gemini Enterprise metrics ecosystem, aligning investments with broader Cloud AI product goals.
• Own critical design choices for high-throughput batch and streaming pipelines, translating highly ambiguous requirements into scalable and maintainable systems.
• Enforce strict SLAs/SLOs for production datasets and lead targeted investments to optimize cloud infrastructure costs, automate toil, and drive incident postmortems.
• Act as the primary engineering liaison to Data Science, Product, and Engineering leaders to align project timelines and build the telemetry needed to measure product quality.
• Foster a high-performing team culture through active mentoring, while advocating Google-wide standards in data privacy, security compliance, and testing.

Skills

C++

Java

Python

Kotlin

Go

Generative AI integration

Software testing

Software architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

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

Tools

Flume

Dream-pipe

Conduit

SQL Pipelines

Job description

Google Sunnyvale is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Gemini Enterprise App, Cloud AI team. You will shape the architecture of the analytics platform and drive end-to-end pipeline design for large-scale data.

You will collaborate with Data Science, Product, and Engineering leaders, own technical direction, and mentor engineers while upholding privacy, security, and reliability across the stack. The role requires strong coding skills in C++, Java, Python, or Go and experience delivering