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Google · 4 hours ago

Staff Software Engineer, Google Distributed Cloud, Object Storage

Durham, NC

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$197K/yr - $291K/yr

8+ years exp

Google is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Staff Software Engineer for their Google Distributed Cloud team. The role involves defining long-term goals for cloud architecture, leading the development of storage solutions, and ensuring system health through rigorous standards and mentorship.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Define the long-term goal and roadmap for Google Distributed Cloud, aligning technical strategy with broader organizational goals

Own the architectural evolution of critical storage services, balancing immediate feature delivery with long-term scalability, performance, and reliability

Lead the ideation and implementation of features while influencing industry standards and best practices

Ensure system health by enforcing rigorous coding standards, monitoring Service Level Objective, Service Level Agreement (SLOs/SLAs) and proactively solving large-scale performance bottlenecks

Foster an engineering environment through direct mentorship of executive talent and modeling core organizational values

Qualification

C++Software testingDistributed systemsSoftware designKubernetesStorage systemsTechnical leadershipGo programmingBachelor's degreeMaster’s degreePhD

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

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

Experience with Kubernetes or container orchestration frameworks

Experience managing storage systems

Experience in Go programming

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

Kleiner Perkins,Sequoia CapitalAndy 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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