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Google · 5 hours ago

Staff Software Engineer, Storage

Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$197K/yr - $291K/yr

8+ years exp

Google is a leading technology company that develops next-generation technologies to enhance user interaction with information. The Staff Software Engineer in Storage will provide technical leadership on storage software projects, design and develop scalable SSD-based systems, and influence a distributed team of engineers to ensure high-quality deliverables.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership on storage software projects, to define, design, develop and deploy efficient and scalable SSD-based systems, software and devices

Influence and coach a distributed team of software engineers. Review deliverables and processes to ensure high quality with velocity, exemplary teamwork

Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines on these projects

Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, with clear cross-organisation stakeholder communication. Anticipate and resolve technical as well as operational problems, both direct and via partnerships

Identify innovation opportunities in the storage domain, influence executive leadership to invest, energize peers to contribute, and drive these improvements to completion

Qualification

C++Software designLarge-scale infrastructureTechnical leadershipPythonData structuresSQLStorage systemsCKernelFirmwareEmbedded systemsPerformance analysisOptimizationScripting languagesCross-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 with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture

3 years of experience with software design and architecture

Experience in C, kernel, firmware or other low-level software design, development, test, debug and deployment

Preferred

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 with Python, SQL, and scripting languages and tools

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

Experience in storage systems, kernel drivers, embedded systems, solid-state drives, performance analysis and optimization

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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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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