Software Engineer, Cloud Infra Spanner

Google•Sunnyvale, CA

3h•$141,000 - $202,000

About The Position

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. Spanner is a globally-replicated, scalable SQL-aware database that provides guarantees and high availability. It is a key asset of Google’s external and internal product portfolio of database services. Spanner Serving manages the essential components and servers where hot data are hosted, manipulated, served, and distributed. It includes the Paxos, distributed transactions teams and Isolation teams. This is the core part of Spanner and a critical part for correctness, availability and scalability of Spanner databases across the globe. We are seeing unprecedented workloads that regularly stress our core infrastructure with AI workloads in particular increasingly pushing the limits of Spanner. A key area we are working on is evolving our system to better support these demanding AI use cases. Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $141,000-$202,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google [https://careers.google.com/benefits/].

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of experience with software development or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
2 years of experience in C++, Java, or Go, with a focus on high-performance, low-latency code.
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.
2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
Experience with query compilers, plan generation, and execution engines.
Experience developing accessible technologies.
Knowledge of GQL or Cypher.
Understanding of concurrency control, consensus algorithms (e.g., Paxos), and data replication strategies.

Responsibilities

Write product or system development code.
Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
Design and develop new ISO GQL features (e.g., DML, DQL, DDL) and query engine performance optimizations for Spanner Graph.
Work with internal and external customers and Go-to-Market (GTM) team to enable deployment of production solutions.