Google · 9 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer, BigQuery Vector Search
Kirkland, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$166K/yr - $244K/yr
5+ years expGoogle is a leading technology company that develops next-generation technologies impacting billions of users. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive the evolution of BigQuery Vector Search, focusing on optimizing query processes and enhancing user interfaces for AI applications.
AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO
Responsibilities
Design and implement components of the system (e.g., SQL interface, indexing pipeline, query planner optimizations, etc.)
Drive technical discussions within the team, across the wider BigQuery team, and with other organizations
Participate in discussions with product managers and customers to understand requirements and map those to technical requirements
Promote engineering excellence within the team
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages
3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture
Experience with SQL and relational databases
Experience programming in C++ or Java
Preferred
Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field
Experience building a query processing engine for a SQL RDBMS
Experience with high availability designs, and parallel/horizontal scale-out database architectures
Understanding of enterprise workloads, with a passion for delighting enterprise customers, vector search, LLM, and agents
Proficiency in Python programming
Ability to promote product excellence and collaboration and to think in a strategic manner to develop innovative products
Benefits
Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Company
Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$26.1MKey Investors
Kleiner Perkins,Sequoia CapitalAndy Bechtolsheim
2004-08-19IPO
1999-06-07Series Unknown· $25M
1998-11-01Angel· $1M
Leadership Team
Sundar Pichai
CEO
Thomas Kurian
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