Staff Software Engineer: High-Impact Ads Infrastructure

Google; United States; On-site; USD 207,000 - 301,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to own and shape the Search Ads Serving Infrastructure. You will lead critical initiatives across ads platforms, driving reliability, performance, and scale for billions of queries.

Ideal candidates bring advanced C++ experience, distributed-systems know-how, and a track record of delivering high-impact software in a fast-paced environment. This role emphasizes collaboration and architecture across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or related field.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++.
• 5 years of experience testing and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience building large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or related compute/storage/hardware.,
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
• Play a leading role in a highly reliable infrastructure that's responsible for revenue.
• Collaborate across Ads teams to understand client needs, identify opportunities, and deliver impact.
• Identify performance optimization opportunities and deliver latency/resource savings.
• Build automation systems and related tools to operate this large and critical system at scale.

Skills

C++ programming

Distributed systems

Software architecture

Testing & launching

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Google is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to own and shape the Search Ads Serving Infrastructure. You will lead critical initiatives across ads platforms, driving reliability, performance, and scale for billions of queries.

Ideal candidates bring advanced C++ experience, distributed-systems know-how, and a track record of delivering high-impact software in a fast-paced environment. This role emphasizes collaboration and architecture across teams.