Senior Software Engineer, Google Distributed Cloud Hosted, Infrastructure
Sunnyvale, CA, USA · Senior
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$13,075 more — $187,075 — moves this role to Level II and 2 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $187,075 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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About the role
- - Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- - 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
Responsibilities
- Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
Requirements
- 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 with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
- 3 years of experience with Operating Systems.
- 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
- 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
- 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
- Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search.
- 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.
- Google Cloud accelerates every organization's ability to digitally transform its business and industry.
Compensation
- $174k-$252k
Benefits
- Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
Company info
- Our innovative Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped and connected solutions provides a bundled software and hardware offering tailored for customers who require operational independence and data sovereignty.
- We are addressing critical market opportunities with multinational corporations facing regional challenges, highly regulated enterprises, and the public sector.
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