Senior Software Engineer, Sequence Storage Software Engineering

Google

San Jose, CA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI) Natural Language, Business Growth, C++ Programming Language, Cloud Computing, Computer Science, Computer Skills, Computer Storage Hardware, Data Management, Data Sets, Data Storage, Distributed Computing, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Hardware Architecture, Information Retrieval, Information/Data Security (InfoSec), Internet Search, Large-Scale Systems, Leadership, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Needs Assessment, Network Design, On Call, Query Analysis, SQL (Structured Query Language), Software Engineering, Storage Architecture, Storage Software, Systems Reliability, Systems Scalability, Technical Leadership, User Interface Design
LOCATION
San Jose, CA
POSTED
30+ days ago

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience programming in C++.
  • 3 years of experience developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
  • Experience with Google Cloud Infrastructure's compute, storage, and networking services.
  • Experience querying and managing datasets using SQL.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  • 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML workflows, data pipelines, and the specific requirements of large model training.

About the job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

The Sequence Storage team builds and operates an exabyte-scale managed storage solution designed for AI/ML research. Our system is a critical storage platform for DeepMind and other research teams, enabling the ingestion, processing, querying, and analysis of massive datasets (over 2 EiB and growing). We empower researchers across the entire lifecycle of AI models, underpinning their pre-training, evaluation, and post-training workflows. Crucially, we support centralized, large-scale training efforts for the next generation of Gemini models, often utilizing TPUs, directly accelerating the development and deployment of AI innovations impacting Google users.

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $174000 - $253000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefitsLearn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, development, and implementation of scalable, reliable, and efficient features for the Sequence Storage core infrastructure.
  • Drive projects focused on enhancing storage efficiency, spatial flexibility, and system scalability and reliability.
  • Conduct performance profiling, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimizations to ensure the system is fast, cost-effective, and can manage extreme scale.
  • Collaborate closely with AI/ML researchers to understand their evolving needs, translating complex requirements into robust, high-impact engineering solutions.
  • Participate in the production oncall rotation, ensuring the highest standards of service reliability and availability.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

About the Company

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Google

Build for everyone

Since our founding in 1998, Google has grown by leaps and bounds. Starting from two computer science students in a university dorm room, we now have thousands of employees and offices around the world. These Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe.

It starts with how we work together. We’re building a company where people of different views, backgrounds and experiences can do their best work and show up for one another. A place where every Googler feels like they belong.

So whether you develop new technology or creative campaigns, craft beautiful products or breakthrough partnerships, your work here is a chance to accomplish things that matter. Bring your insight, imagination, and healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.

Benefits

We strive to provide Googlers and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits are based on data, and centered around our users: Googlers and their families. They’re thoughtfully designed to enhance your health and wellbeing, and generous enough to make it easy for you to take good care of yourself (now, and in the future). So we can build for everyone, together.

Learn more about Google’s benefits on this site featuring Googlers’ experience.

How we Hire

Google’s hiring process is an important part of our culture. Googlers care deeply about their teams and the people who make them up. In order to  build for everyone, we know that we need a wide range of perspectives and experiences, and a fair hiring process is the first step in getting there.

Learn more about our hiring process.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer Software
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Paid Sick Days, Performance Bonus, Professional Development, 401K, Stock Options, Employee Events, Retirement / Pension Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Work From Home, Life Insurance, On Site Cafeteria
FOUNDED
1998
WEBSITE
https://goo.gle/4dbno6V