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Google · 5 hours ago

Software Engineer, Cloud Spanner Graph

Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$141K/yr - $202K/yr

2+ years exp

Google is a leading technology company focused on developing next-generation technologies that enhance user interaction with information. In this role, the Software Engineer will design and build a graph query engine within Cloud Spanner, drive projects from requirements to production, and optimize performance using high-performance code.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Write product or system development code

Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback

Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality

Design and develop ISO GQL query language new features (DML, DQL, DDL) on Spanner Graph and design and develop query engine performance optimizations on Spanner Graph

Work with internal and external customers and Go-to-Market (GTM) team to enable deployment of production solutions

Qualification

C++JavaGoDistributed systemsRelational databasesData structuresAlgorithmsConcurrency controlData replicationHigh-performance codeLow-latency codeQuery planningQuery executionPath-finding algorithmsGraph query workload

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

2 years of experience with software development or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting

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

2 years of experience in C++, Java, or Go, with a focus on high-performance, low-latency code

Experience designing and developing relational databases, database internals, information retrieval, query planning and execution

Preferred

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields

2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms

Experience developing accessible technologies

Experience with query compilers, plan generation, and execution engines with knowledge of GQL or Cypher

Understanding of concurrency control, consensus algorithms (Paxos), and data replication strategies

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)

2022 (11626)

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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