Senior Software Engineer, Infra Spanner

Senior Software Engineer, Infra Spanner Location: Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Experience Level: Mid

Share: Share Senior Software Engineer, Infra Spanner | Copy link | Email a friend

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience programming in C++, or 3 years of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
• 5 years of experience designing and developing distributed databases or storage systems.
• Experience in performance analysis, debugging, and optimization for distributed or low-level systems.
• Experience with concurrency, multithreading, and synchronization.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Experience with database internals and diagnosing of issues such as memory leaks, data corruption, database performance, and tuning.
• Experience with transactional database systems.
• Understanding of distributed computing concepts, consensus algorithms (e.g., Paxos).

About the Job 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, extending 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, show leadership qualities, and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

Spanner is a globally-replicated, scalable, SQL-aware database that provides strong consistency guarantees and is a key asset of Google's product portfolio of storage services.

In this role, you will be responsible for building critical features and enhancing their scalability, reliability, and availability. You will have opportunities to work with a broad range of areas in the Data Protection domain. You will build deep knowledge of and contribute to many crosscutting technologies throughout Spanner's stack.

In this role, you will be working on large-scale feature development and integrating with other products in the wider Spanner ecosystem. We are seeking software engineers to extend and build out the core components of Infra Spanner to meet the growing needs of our most demanding customers at Google.

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 Salary Range: $174,000 - $252,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead, design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide among available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues.

Information collected and processed as part of your Google Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit, is subject to Google's Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy, Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal, Belonging at Google, and How we hire.

If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees, or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc.

Alphabet

Inc. is your sole contractual partner concerning equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right.