Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud Business Platform

Google•Kirkland, WA

1d•$262,000 - $364,000

About The Position

Google’s software engineers develop technologies used by billions of people and build products that operate at massive scale. In this role, you will work on projects critical to Google’s needs, with opportunities to work across teams and projects as the business evolves. Engineers are expected to be versatile, demonstrate leadership, and take on problems across the full stack. As a Senior Staff Software Engineer on the Google Cloud Business Platform (GCBP), you will define the multi-year technical strategy and architectural roadmap for pre-production environments and automated testing ecosystems. You will help transform manual, fragmented staging environments into automated, hermetic, and time-accelerated pre-production layers. You will work with leaders across GCBP, Ordering, Billing, and SAP/Finance to establish quality gates for high-stakes migrations and production releases. The role calls for a versatile technical leader who models engineering excellence, addresses highly ambiguous systems problems, excels in SDLC management and communication, and mentors and scales a global engineering organization. Google Cloud helps organizations digitally transform their businesses through enterprise-grade solutions and tools. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories use Google Cloud to support growth and address business challenges.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
At least 8 years of experience in software development and data structures/algorithms.
At least 5 years of experience with test automation, release management, and SDLC management for enterprise software products.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
At least 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
At least 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional or cross-business projects.
Experience with release and launch readiness, test frameworks, and SDLC management.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the multi-year architectural strategy for GCBP pre-production environments, testing platform, and SDLC management, including AI Agentic innovation.
Drive the design, execution, and release governance of a new testing environment for GCP Lead to Cash systems, establishing an end-to-end environment using a unified data plane with first-party and third-party systems.
Partner with engineering and business stakeholders to define and enforce enterprise-grade automated gatekeeping strategies, including presubmit integrations and release certification, to reduce production support tickets and outages.
Mentor and grow a high-performing global engineering team, provide technical direction, and promote engineering excellence, best practices, and AI transformation across the organization.