Staff Software Engineer, Google App Engine, Serverless

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

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.
  
• 3 years of experience working in an organization involving cross-functional or cross-business projects.
  
• Experience architecting and developing software for scalable, distributed systems.
  
• Experience working with developer-focused products and tools.
  
• Experience building cloud products.
  

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 App Engine (GAE) is the first managed container platform on GCP, serving customers around the world. In this role, you will be responsible for advancing the multi-year serverless container platform strategy and consolidating GAE feature development and operations in India under a single organization. You will also lead the ideas and implementation of GAE stack convergence, modernization, and long-term sustenance.

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

• Lead the idea and execution for GAE, starting with internal influence and leadership across Serverless partner organizations.
  
• Partner with executive engineers and product leaders to develop and execute a shared stack modernization and long-term sustenance ideas for GAE.
  
• Provide technical guidance and thought leadership to GAE and Serverless cross-team initiatives.
  
• Provide operational support with minimal supervision for production incidents.
  
• Improve the operational health by identifying, prioritizing, and implementing systematic improvements.