Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Business Platform

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

Job summary

Google's Area Tech Lead team is poised to shape the architectural goals for Google Cloud Business Platform, enabling scalable, platform-oriented solutions across the enterprise sales landscape. You will own end-to-end architecture for order processing and transactional integrity, designing highly available, secure systems that handle high-volume enterprise transactions.

As a software engineer in this role, you will partner with RevOps, Sales Leadership, Legal, and IT to build a multi-year

Qualifications

• 8 years of software engineering/architecture experience with 5 years as an enterprise architect in B2B sales.
• 2 years of Salesforce platform integration experience.
• Experience leading full lifecycle implementations of enterprise sales systems.
• Experience with REST/SOAP APIs, event-driven architecture, and ESB technologies.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture for the enterprise sales systems landscape.
• Design scalable, resilient, and high-performing solutions for enterprise transactions.
• Partner with RevOps, Sales Leadership, Legal, and IT to build a multi-year technical roadmap.
• Lead technical evaluations and PoCs for new sales technologies and patterns.
• Define the master data architecture for accounts, contacts, products, and agreements.

Skills

Enterprise architecture

Sales systems knowledge

REST/SOAP APIs

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master’s degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Salesforce integration

Job description

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software engineering/architecture, with 5 years of experience as an enterprise architect, including within the enterprise (B2B) sales domain.
• 2 years of experience in Salesforce platform integration.
• Experience leading full lifecycle implementations of enterprise sales systems.
• Experience with REST/SOAP APIs, event‑driven architecture, and enterprise service bus (ESB) technologies.

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross‑functional, or cross‑business projects.

About The Job

Google’s software engineers develop the next‑generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We’re looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large‑scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast‑paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full‑stack as we continue to push technology forward.

The Area Tech Lead team’s mission is to establish and drive the architectural goal for Google Cloud Business Platform (GCBP) to facilitate the scaling of Google Cloud business. This requires implementing a highly scalable, platform/product‑oriented approach to GCBP systems that provides the necessary commercial flexibility for the business teams.

In this role, you will own the end‑to‑end architecture opportunity to order and transactional integrity. You will lead the design of highly available, secure, and distributed systems that process high‑volume enterprise transactions, ensuring seamless integration between upstream purchasing experiences and downstream billing and fulfillment systems.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise‑grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting‑edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207,000 - $301,000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture for the enterprise sales systems landscape, ensuring alignment with broader corporate infrastructure and business objectives.
• Design scalable, resilient, and high‑performing solutions capable of managing enterprise‑level transaction volumes, complex multi‑currency pricing, and global sales processes.
• Partner with RevOps, Sales Leadership, Legal, and IT to build and maintain a multi‑year technical roadmap for sales systems.
• Lead technical evaluations and build Proofs of Concepts (PoCs) for new sales technologies, integrations, and architectural patterns.
• Define the master data architecture for accounts, contacts, products, and agreements.

Equal Opportunity

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.