Senior Software Engineer, Storage Technologies, Google Cloud Platform

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures/algorithms.
• 3 years of experience building developer tools (e.g., compilers, automated releases, code design and testing, test automation frameworks).
• Experience in C or C++ programming.
  
• Experience in Unix/Linux environments.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience with developer operations, release management, integration testing, and open source community collaborations.
  
• Experience in enterprise server or storage systems.
  
• Experience in large-scale and secure fleet management of servers and components.
  
• Experience in Python/Go and scripting languages (e.g. shell).
  

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.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute on technical charters for owned areas. Influence roadmap decisions, and define and implement the best known practices across teams.
  
• Lead the programs of system software development for next-generation storage devices and systems to introduce the latest technologies of performance, reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness to the infrastructures.
  
• Lead the programs of system software development for large-scale system verification, automating diagnostics, system configuration management, and operation metrics collection.
  
• Mentor the team by modeling high standards, providing guiding feedback, and implementing new practices to improve productivity.
• Contribute innovative ideas and skills to the team.