Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Google Cloud Compute
Sunnyvale, CA, USA · Staff · Full-time · Posted Dec 15, 2025
- Experience
- 8 years in software development; 5 years in large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture; 5 years testing and launching software products; 3 years in software design and architecture. Preferred: 8 years with data structures/algorithms; 3 years in technical leadership; 3 years in complex, matrixed organizations.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Provides technical leadership and develops large-scale software solutions for Google Cloud Compute infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Lead high-impact projects and coach a distributed team of engineers.
- Align teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines, and manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
- Design, develop, test, launch, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development.
- 5 years building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture; and 5 years testing and launching software products.
- 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Experience in technical leadership and complex, matrixed cross-functional or cross-business projects.
Pay
$207000 - $300000 (USD) base salary
AI focus
Works on Google Cloud Compute infrastructure within the AI and Infrastructure team; the posting does not specify direct AI development responsibilities.
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