▷ (10/10/2025) Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google Distributed Cloud Hosted

Job Description Minimum qualifications: - 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 with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture. - 5 years of experience with design and architecture and testing/launching software products. - Experience in working with kubernetess, micro-service architecture and public cloud infrastructure. Preferred qualifications: - Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field. - 8 years of experience with data structures/algorithms. - 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction. - 3 years of experience working in an organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects. - Experience in building and scaling observability platforms. 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, 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. Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped provides Google Cloud services on-site, in an environment completely disconnected from the public internet. This solution is for organizations with the strictest security and data compliance requirements. Air-Gapped is Physically and logically isolated, with no external network connection and On-Premises is deployed directly at the customer's location. The Managed Cloud delivers a cloud-like experience with Google's managed services. 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. Responsibilities - Understand the life cycle of modern software delivery in air-gapped data centers. - Design and implement key components to meet product requirements. - Play the role of an Uber Tech Lead (UTL) spanning across the various components of the GDC air-gapped stack. - Partner with UTLs/TLs across geographies (US/India) to help drive/shape product architecture and direction. - Work seamlessly with Engineering, Product, GTM, and customers, to meet requirements for functionality, compliance, reliability, etc. Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .