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Staff Software Engineer, Database Efficiency 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. With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions. In this role, you will be instrumental in driving a measurable, fleet-wide impact on the efficiency and speed of services used by billions. This position is ideal for a systems engineer passionate about end-to-end performance optimization and hardware/software co-design.
Responsibilities: Provide technical leadership on projects. Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers. Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines. Leverage hardware/software co-design to unlock new performance capabilities, translating your deep knowledge of modern server architecture into targeted software enhancements. Investigate massive database and analytics workloads to identify and resolve critical performance bottlenecks across the entire compute stack. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits.

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JOB OVERVIEW

Experience level

Lead

Location

San Jose, CA

Occupation

Software Developers

Industry

Software Publishers

Posted

5 days ago

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