Senior Software Engineer, Dataproc, Control Plane

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Dataproc, Control Plane

Apply to join Google as a Senior Staff Software Engineer in the Dataproc Control Plane team.

Google Cloud’s Dataproc enables users to modernize their open‑source data analytics workloads in the cloud. As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will lead the control plane or service layer, driving architectural and infrastructure evolution. You will influence and empower engineers across the organization and beyond.

• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
• Define product‑differentiating features in ambiguous problem spaces.
• Build high‑impact customer‑facing features that make Cloud Dataproc the best place to run Hadoop and Spark in the cloud.
• Provide influence and oversight across big‑data open‑source initiatives, including contributions to Spark, Flink, and Presto.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++.
• 5 years of experience with design, architecture, and testing/launching software products.
• Experience with cloud computing and cloud APIs.
• Experience with software architecture and scalability.
• Preferred:
  Master’s or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or related fields.
• Preferred: 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Preferred: 5 years in a technical leadership role leading project teams.
• Preferred:
  Experience in long‑term technology tests across interdependent services.
• Preferred:
  Experience driving software architecture evolution.
• Preferred:
  Ability to influence across multiple teams and geos.

US base salary range $248,000–$349,000 plus bonus, equity, and benefits. Salary may vary by location and other factors.

Preferred working location:
Sunnyvale, CA or Kirkland, WA.

Full‑time.

Mid‑Senior level.

Information Technology and Engineering.

Google is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, or criminal histories. If you need accommodations due to a disability, please let us know.