Senior Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Sql for Sql Server

Google Google · Big Tech · Kirkland, WA +1

Senior Staff Software Engineer for Google Cloud SQL Server, focusing on service implementation, high availability, backups, recovery, performance, and ecosystem integration. The role involves design, implementation, roadmap definition, reliability initiatives, and technical debt management within a mature database offering.

What you'd actually do

  1. Ensure the design, timely implementation, code correctness, and support of SQL Server, a fast-growing database engine within the Cloud SQL product family.
  2. Work with product management to define features and create and drive roadmaps for one or more functional areas in the team.
  3. Drive foundational initiatives to grow and improve the reliability of the service.
  4. Participate in and manage technical debt reduction analysis and the implementation efforts.
  5. Participate in the on-call rotations, help maintain and mentor junior engineers, and foster collaboration in a healthy team culture.

Skills

Required

  • C++
  • design and architecture
  • software product launch
  • system design
  • distributed systems
  • database experience

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
  • data structures and algorithms
  • technical leadership
  • SQL Server
  • relational databases
  • Go
  • Java
  • Python

What the JD emphasized

  • 8 years of experience programming in C++
  • 5 years of experience with design and architecture
  • Experience in database