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Google · 2 weeks ago

Staff Software Engineer, Control Plane Infrastructure

Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$197K/yr - $291K/yr

8+ years exp

Google is a leading technology company known for developing next-generation technologies that enhance user interaction with information. The Staff Software Engineer will focus on the Control Plane team, responsible for efficient scheduling systems for ML workloads, while collaborating with various teams and mentoring engineers.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Collaborate and engage with ML practitioners, and partner teams in Google's ML infrastructure stack to gather requirements and identify opportunities for efficiency initiatives

Lead the design and execution of new initiatives across the sub-teams in the Control Plane

Ensure production excellence, helping own and evolve the Control Plane stack

Grow and mentor engineers

Qualification

C++Large-scale infrastructureSoftware designArchitectureData structuresAlgorithmsMachine Learning InfrastructureTechnical leadershipBachelor's degreeMaster’s degreePhDTesting software productsCross-functional projects

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

8 years of experience programming in C++

5 years of experience testing, and launching software products

5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture

3 years of experience with software design and architecture

Preferred

Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field

8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms

3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction

3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects

Experience with Machine Learning Infrastructure

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Company

Google

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Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.

Founded in 1998

Mountain View, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.google.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (8763)

2024 (8872)

2023 (9682)

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2021 (9109)

2020 (9785)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$26.1M

Key Investors

Andy Bechtolsheim

2004-08-19IPO

1999-06-07Series Unknown· $25M

1998-11-01Angel· $1M

Leadership Team

Sundar Pichai

CEO

Thomas Kurian

CEO - Google Cloud

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