Staff Software Engineer, Google Workspace Data Export Platform
Sunnyvale, CA, USA · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Experience
- 8 years programming in Java; 5 years testing and launching software products; 5 years building large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, networks, or working with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture; 3 years in software design and architecture. Preferred: 8 years in system architecture and leading cross-functional engineering projects; 3 years in technical leadership; 3 years in complex, matrixed organizations.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads the architecture and technical direction of Google Workspace’s large-scale data export platform for domain-wide takeout and Google Vault.
What you'll do
- Own architecture, interfaces, and data models across multiple services; set the technical roadmap and address scalability, reliability, and technical debt.
- Guide project leads, coordinate cross-team dependencies, and resolve architectural and technical priorities.
- Build code for high-risk proofs of concept, foundational libraries, and critical-path components.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience programming in Java.
- 5 years of experience testing and launching software products.
- 5 years of experience building large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, networks, compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture; plus 3 years of software design and architecture experience.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Experience leading cross-functional engineering projects and technical teams, working in complex matrixed organizations, or building petabyte-scale distributed systems.
Pay
$207000 - $300000 (USD) base salary
Tools
Java
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