Staff Software Engineer, App Observability and Performance Data
San Francisco, CA, USA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
San Jose, CA, USA - Experience
- 8 years in software development; 5 years in testing, launching software products, and leading performance optimization; 5 years in large-scale infrastructure, high-throughput data processing, or storage systems; 3 years in software design, architecture, and debugging tools. Preferred: 3 years in technical leadership and 3 years in a complex, matrixed organization.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Designs and scales telemetry, diagnostics, and performance tooling for Google mobile and web apps, while driving reliability and providing technical leadership.
What you'll do
- Build diagnostics and telemetry and scale performance and system-health tooling for critical apps and infrastructure.
- Process high-throughput client app telemetry using debugging tools and data analytics.
- Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across team boundaries.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development.
- 5 years of experience testing, launching software products, and leading performance optimization.
- 5 years of experience building large-scale infrastructure, high-throughput data processing systems, or storage systems; 3 years of experience with software design, architecture, and debugging tools.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Technical leadership and cross-functional project experience; experience with Kotlin, data analytics, SQL, and customer engagement.
Pay
$207000 - $300000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Kotlin, SQL
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