Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Google Cloud

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.

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.

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
  
• Own plan and execution, working on multiple user facing features and architecture tasks.
• Collaborate with various stake-holders, technical leaders, engineering managers and SWEs in order to fulfill the team's mission and plan.
• Grow and mentor the team, help others achieve career goals, identify roadblocks, prioritize efforts and reduce ambiguity.
• Work with peers from other aspects of the product development lifecycle, including all Filestore engineering teams, product management, program management, SRE.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 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 coding in one or more programming languages.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  
• People management experience in a technical environment.
• Knowledge in the storage domain.
• Excellent communication, process optimization, and collaboration skills.
• Excellent technical leadership, project management, investigative problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.