Staff Software Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure & Scale

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 56,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Global impact

Job summary

Google Sunnyvale is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Infrastructure team that powers Google Cloud Compute Infrastructure. You will help build, test, deploy, monitor, and evolve scalable software stacks for a world‑class cloud platform used by millions.

The role requires strong programming and systems design skills, experience with data structures and algorithms, testing and deployment, and a commitment to long‑term excellence.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software development in at least one programming language and with data structures and algorithms.
• 2+ years in testing, monitoring, or deploying software systems; 1 year in software architecture and design.
• 2+ years building software for data validation or security (e.g., character filtering and access control).
• Long-term commitment or reasonable experience.

Responsibilities

• Structure and test components or framework code.
• Lead configuration audits with colleagues and partners to select best solutions.
• Audit code for best practices (style, testing, correctness, testability, scalability).
• Update documentation and product release notes as needed.
• Triage production or development incidents; investigate and resolve root causes.

Skills

Programming

Data structures & algorithms

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Google Sunnyvale is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Infrastructure team that powers Google Cloud Compute Infrastructure. You will help build, test, deploy, monitor, and evolve scalable software stacks for a world‑class cloud platform used by millions.

The role requires strong programming and systems design skills, experience with data structures and algorithms, testing and deployment, and a commitment to long‑term excellence.