Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack, Storage
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development.
- 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
- 5 years of experience with full stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, Golang, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent.
- 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.
- 8 years of experience with data structures/algorithms.
- 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
- 3 years of experience working in a structured organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
- Experience with kernel drivers, operating systems, and kernel.
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.
Platforms Storage is responsible for building storage solutions for all of Google's services. The storage software team in particular develops all the drivers, firmware, tools etc. for flash, spindles and the next-generation storage technologies. We design linux drivers and modify the kernel storage stack and user space interfaces to maximize performance for Search, the Colossus/D stack and Cloud. With Cloud, we are exploring innovations in the SSD interfaces, driver and firmware for Virtualized environments to leapfrog our competition.
In this role, you will be interested in storage solutions that are disruptive and impactful across Google's services (like Cloud, Search etc.) and will have a knowledge of lower-level storage systems, software and architecture.
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.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $197,000-$291,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Develop approaches to take the next generation of Flash devices to new places (things like disaggregated storage, NVMe over fabrics etc.).
- Develop and maintain platform storage analytics infrastructure to help monitor, troubleshoot and derive insights on the storage devices in the fleet (knowing fully and in real time what all of our storage devices are doing throughout their lifecycle; more importantly, knowing this at scale, and using this to make better lifecycle, design decisions).
- Utilize kernel storage stack, linux drivers, firmware; user space interfaces optimized for Flash to maximize performance, security, capacity.
- Own end-to-end storage system performance optimization.
- Use software tools and utilities to optimize the lifecycle of our storage devices.
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