Staff Software Engineer, Database Performance

Google LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Sunnyvale, CA, USA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer focused on Database Efficiency. You will tackle performance bottlenecks, design scalable systems, and collaborate across teams to optimize data storage and retrieval for billions of users.

The role requires deep knowledge of database internals, performance analysis, and strong software engineering in C++ or Python. You will lead projects, mentor engineers, and drive end-to-end performance improvements in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++ or Python.
• 5 years of experience with performance, large-scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on projects.
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
• Investigate massive database and analytics workloads to identify and resolve critical performance bottlenecks across the entire compute stack.

Skills

C++

Python

Performance analysis

Large-scale systems

Data visualization

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD

Tools

Database internals

Job description

Google Sunnyvale, CA, USA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer focused on Database Efficiency. You will tackle performance bottlenecks, design scalable systems, and collaborate across teams to optimize data storage and retrieval for billions of users.

The role requires deep knowledge of database internals, performance analysis, and strong software engineering in C++ or Python. You will lead projects, mentor engineers, and drive end-to-end performance improvements in a fast-paced environment.