Staff Software Engineer, Query Processing Tech

Google Google · Big Tech · Kirkland, WA +2

Staff Software Engineer role at Google focusing on Query Processing Tech, involving large-scale software solutions, distributed systems, and potentially AI/NLP components within Google Cloud. The role requires technical leadership, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of complex systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
  2. Mentor and coach a distributed team of engineers.
  3. Drive alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
  4. Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
  5. Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 8 years of experience in software development
  • 7 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture
  • 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
  • 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms
  • 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction
  • 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects

What the JD emphasized

  • large-scale infrastructure
  • distributed systems
  • networks
  • compute technologies
  • storage
  • hardware architecture
  • design and architecture
  • testing/launching software products
  • technical leadership role