Software Engineer III, Database Internals, AlloyDB

Software Engineer III, Database Internals, AlloyDB

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Google place Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

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• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in C or C++.
• 2 years of experience designing, building, or maintaining backend infrastructure, distributed systems, or large-scale storage architecture.
• Experience developing concurrent, multithreaded systems, or engineering core database internals (e.g., storage engines, transaction processing, indexing).
• Experience building fault-tolerant distributed systems, data replication mechanisms, or consensus protocols (e.g., Paxos, Raft).

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• Experience modifying or contributing to the internals of open-source databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) or storage engines (e.g., RocksDB, LevelDB).
• Experience with query processing, cost-based query optimization, compiler theory, or vectorized execution engines.
• Experience engineering lock-free data structures, latches, and advanced thread synchronization mechanisms.
• Experience analyzing and tuning system performance using standard benchmarks (e.g., TPC-C, TPC-H) and low-level profiling tools (e.g., perf, eBPF).

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.

The AlloyDB team is part of Google Cloud Databases. Our mission is to build a relational database for the cloud era. We are re‑imagining the traditional Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) architecture by disaggregating compute and storage, allowing for independent scaling and availability.

In this role, you will work on the core database engine. You will design and implement features deep within the stack—ranging from the Query Optimizer and Execution Engine to the Storage Layer and Transaction Manager. You will collaborate with engineering leadership to push the boundaries of what a relational database can do in the cloud.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users…