Staff Software Engineer, Core Infra & Large-Scale Systems

Google; United States; On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Infrastructure, Core in San Jose, CA. This role demands ownership of outcomes, solving ambiguous problems, and influencing stakeholders across a broad tech stack, including large-scale systems and networks.

You will drive architecture and deliverables, and help shape foundational technology for Google's flagship products. As part of the Core team, you will design, test, deploy, and maintain scalable software while collaborating across teams.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or related compute/storage/hardware experience.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

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

Software development

Distributed systems

Large-scale infrastructure

Software testing

Software architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in Engineering/CS (preferred)

Job description

Google is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Infrastructure, Core in San Jose, CA. This role demands ownership of outcomes, solving ambiguous problems, and influencing stakeholders across a broad tech stack, including large-scale systems and networks.

You will drive architecture and deliverables, and help shape foundational technology for Google's flagship products. As part of the Core team, you will design, test, deploy, and maintain scalable software while collaborating across teams.