Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud

Google Cloud accelerates organizations' ability to digitally transform their business with the best infrastructure, platform, industry solutions and expertise.
Cloud
Staff Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
8+ years of experience
AI · Enterprise SaaS · Cloud

Description For Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud

Google Cloud is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join their team and drive next-generation technologies that impact billions of users. This role combines technical leadership with hands-on software development, requiring expertise across the full technology stack. The position offers the opportunity to work on critical projects within Google Cloud, which provides enterprise-grade solutions leveraging Google's cutting-edge technology to customers in over 200 countries.

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you'll lead high-impact projects, mentor engineering teams, and architect large-scale software solutions. The role demands both technical excellence and leadership skills, with responsibilities spanning from system design to deployment and maintenance. You'll work in a dynamic environment where you can influence technical direction while solving complex challenges in distributed computing, system design, AI, and more.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of software development experience, with deep expertise in data structures/algorithms and 5+ years in technical leadership. You'll be part of Google's mission to deliver the cleanest cloud in the industry while working with cutting-edge technology. This position offers the chance to shape the future of cloud computing while working with some of the industry's best engineers.

Google offers a collaborative environment where you can grow your career while working on technology that impacts billions. The role provides opportunities to switch teams and projects as you evolve, ensuring continuous learning and growth. If you're passionate about technical leadership, architectural design, and building scalable solutions that solve critical business problems, this role offers the perfect blend of challenge and opportunity.

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Responsibilities For Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud

  • 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

Requirements For Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud

Java
Python
JavaScript
Kubernetes
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 8 years of experience in software development
  • 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products
  • Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field (preferred)
  • 8 years of experience with data structures/algorithms (preferred)
  • 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction (preferred)
  • 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects (preferred)

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