Staff Software Engineer, Accelerators Systems Platforms Software Architect

Google•Sunnyvale, CA

1d•$207,000 - $300,000

About The Position

Google’s software engineers develop next-generation technologies that help billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information. This role works on software for accelerator platforms, including TPUs, GPUs, video transcoders, and other accelerators used in Google’s data centers and internal workloads. The team co-designs with hardware engineering and develops, tests, deploys, and debugs board and chip firmware, Linux kernel drivers, hardware design simulators, and software integrated with Google server and cluster configurations, monitoring, and distributed systems. The role supports software powering AI and machine-learning infrastructure for Google’s data centers, Google Cloud, and internal domain-specific computing workloads. It provides technical leadership and ownership of key systems software modules, coordinates execution of new product introduction programs, and engages with the industry ecosystem in support of externalizing TPU accelerator platforms.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development.
5 years of experience testing and launching software products.
5 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.
Experience in embedded systems or firmware design, lower-level computer systems and architecture, embedded systems, and kernel development.
Experience with PCI Express and data center servers.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional or cross-business projects.
Experience building and configuring Linux kernels for embedded systems and understanding kernel internals, including virtual memory, interrupt handling, and device drivers.
Experience in high-performance computing and data center networking.

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.
Serve as a technical lead and own key systems software modules underpinning accelerator platforms, including TPUs and other domain-specific computation platforms.
Coordinate with the broader organization to drive successful execution of new product introduction programs.
Interface with and drive industry ecosystem engagement related to externalizing TPU accelerator platforms.