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Staff Software Engineer, GCS Object Context and Search

Google · Seattle, WA, USA

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join our Google Cloud Storage Object Context and Search team.

In this role, you will lead the design and development of critical capabilities that enable customers to build semantic storage and search solutions on Google Customer Solutions (GCS). You will play a key role in shaping the reliability, scalability, performance, and relevance of our systems, helping guide the technical direction of a critical infrastructure pillar within Google Cloud Platform. You will join a supportive, highly collaborative environment, where you will partner with executive technical leadership to advocate a positive engineering culture that makes solving complex systems issues rewarding.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $301000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of software development experience.
  • 3 years of experience leading the technical direction, design, and roadmap for systems or product areas.
  • 3 years of experience mentoring, coaching, and growing software engineers.
  • 3 years of experience with systems programming in C++.
  • 3 years of experience with stateful distributed systems, search infrastructure, or database internals.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience architecting, scaling, and maintaining stateful Distributed Systems, search infrastructure, vector databases, or high-performance embedding storage.
  • Expertise in C++ systems programming, with a strong focus on low-level performance optimization and modern C++ best practices.
  • Proven track record of designing and establishing diagnostic frameworks, testing infrastructure, or systems instrumentation that guarantee long-term performance and reliability.
  • A customer-centric approach to engineering, with a history of leading data-driven initiatives to analyze and optimize system efficiency, network throughput, or search relevance.
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