Staff Software Engineer — Fleet Deployment Platform

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Sick leave

Maternity & Baby Bonding leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

Google's Staff Software Engineer for the GCE Fleet Deployment Platform in Seattle will own the services and tooling that manage VM and host software updates, driving deployment velocity, reliability, and uptime.

You will provide technical leadership on high-impact projects, coach distributed teams, and design scalable systems for large-scale infrastructure, with opportunities to shape direction across Google Cloud.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++.
• 5 years of experience testing and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or related areas.
• 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

C++

Distributed systems

Software design

Testing

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master’s degree or PhD (preferred)

Job description

Google's Staff Software Engineer for the GCE Fleet Deployment Platform in Seattle will own the services and tooling that manage VM and host software updates, driving deployment velocity, reliability, and uptime.

You will provide technical leadership on high-impact projects, coach distributed teams, and design scalable systems for large-scale infrastructure, with opportunities to shape direction across Google Cloud.