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Google · 4 hours ago

Senior Staff Software Engineer, API Platform

Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$248K/yr - $349K/yr

8+ years exp

Google is a leading technology company that develops next-generation technologies for billions of users. The Senior Staff Software Engineer for the API Platform will provide technical leadership, manage project priorities, and design large-scale software solutions.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects

Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers

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

Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables

Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions

Qualification

C++Software designArchitecturePerformance analysisData structuresAlgorithmsCloud architectureGRPC/HTTP/NetworkingTechnical leadershipBachelor's degreeMaster’s degreePhDCross-functional collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

8 years of experience programming in C++

5 years of experience with design and architecture, and testing/launching software products

Experience in performance analysis including system architecture, performance optimization, and benchmarking

Preferred

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

8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms

5 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 Cloud and server architecture, specifically gRPC/HTTP/Networking

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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