Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Systems & Storage

Google; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity/paternity leave

Holidays

Equity and bonuses

Educational support

Job summary

Google's Seattle office is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the Agent Registry team. You will own critical distributed systems, drive outcomes, and mentor engineers across projects. In-person interviews are common as part of the hiring process.

Ideal candidates have extensive experience in large-scale infrastructure, Kubernetes, and high-throughput services, enabling scalable storage and data pipelines. This role offers a comprehensive benefits package and strong career growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in a technical field.
• 8+ years of software development, with 7+ years in large-scale distributed systems.
• 5+ years building large-scale infrastructure and distributed systems.
• 3+ years in software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Apply concepts to scale distributed systems, ensure data integrity, and build fault-tolerant replication.
• Collaborate with dependent services to deprecate legacy architectures and manage traffic spikes.
• Define multi-year roadmaps for storage infrastructure and scalable architectures.
• Mentor engineers and set high standards for distributed systems design.

Skills

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Large-scale infrastructure

Software architecture

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

Google's Seattle office is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the Agent Registry team. You will own critical distributed systems, drive outcomes, and mentor engineers across projects. In-person interviews are common as part of the hiring process.

Ideal candidates have extensive experience in large-scale infrastructure, Kubernetes, and high-throughput services, enabling scalable storage and data pipelines. This role offers a comprehensive benefits package and strong career growth.