Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure, AlloyDB

Google•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•$174,000 - $252,000

About The Position

Google Cloud software engineers develop technologies that help users connect, explore, and interact with information. Engineers work on projects critical to Google Cloud, anticipate customer needs, take ownership, and innovate, with opportunities to move between teams and projects as the business evolves. This position is on AlloyDB, a fully managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database for demanding transactional workloads, offering high performance, industry-leading SLAs, and maintenance without downtime. The team is pioneering GenAI and LLM solutions integrated with AlloyDB for cloud customers and internal engineering teams. It is also advancing vector database use cases through an AI query engine and developing a benchmarking platform for AlloyDB vector operations. The role involves software and systems development, design collaboration, code review, documentation, and issue resolution. Individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. The US salary range is $174,000–$252,000, with a 15% bonus target, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience in software development using C++ or Go.
3 years of experience designing and developing infrastructure or distributed systems.
1 year of experience leveraging AI tools or frameworks to accelerate development and engineering productivity.
Experience designing and developing relational databases, database internals, information retrieval, query planning, and execution.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
Experience designing or building Agentic-AI systems and applications, with an understanding of core systems and application architecture.

Responsibilities

Write and test product or system development code.
Participate in or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide among available technologies.
Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices, including style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency.
Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt it based on product or program updates and user feedback.
Triage product or system issues and debug, track, and resolve them by analyzing sources of issues and their impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.