Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Compute Performance

Google LLC; Town of Montana (WI); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement 401(k) match

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

13 paid holidays

Job summary

Google LLC in Seattle, WA, USA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Google Cloud Compute - Performance to lead VM performance initiatives and architectural decisions. You will drive cross-team collaboration, mentor engineers, and own critical optimization efforts for hyperscale infrastructure.

The role emphasizes advanced systems, kernel/virtualization knowledge, and leadership in large projects across hardware and software domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++.
• 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
• Experience with CPU/memory architectures (e.g., x86, ARM) and modern server hardware performance characteristics.
• Experience as an architect or technical lead for multi-year infrastructure initiatives from conception to global deployment.
• Experience in one or more of the following domains: OS kernels, hypervisors/virtualization stacks (e.g., KVM, Xen), high-performance networking drivers, storage stacks.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Management and cross-functional engineering teams to define the roadmap for GCE's next-generation VM offerings, translating high-level business goals into concrete technical execution plans.
• Design, architect, and develop scalable technical solutions that optimize VM performance, push the boundaries of hardware efficiency, and maximize infrastructure utilization.
• Lead complex, multi-functional initiatives across hardware, kernel, virtualization, and product teams to drive critical GCE performance initiatives from conception to production.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to GCE's most critical, high-profile customers. Analyze, benchmark, and optimize their massive-scale workloads to ensure performance exceeds expectations and unlocks business value.
• Shape the technical culture of the broader organization by mentoring junior and senior engineers, conducting design reviews, and establishing engineering best practices for performance analysis.

Skills

C++ programming

Large-scale infrastructure

CPU/memory architectures

Technical leadership

Infrastructure initiatives

Kernel/virtualization domains

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google LLC in Seattle, WA, USA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Google Cloud Compute - Performance to lead VM performance initiatives and architectural decisions. You will drive cross-team collaboration, mentor engineers, and own critical optimization efforts for hyperscale infrastructure.

The role emphasizes advanced systems, kernel/virtualization knowledge, and leadership in large projects across hardware and software domains.