Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure, AlloyDB

Google Sunnyvale, CA, USA

In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in software development using C++ or Go.
• 3 years of experience designing and developing infrastructure or distributed systems.
• 1 year of experience leveraging AI tools or frameworks to accelerate development and engineering productivity.
• Experience designing and developing relational databases, database internals, information retrieval, query planning and execution.

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience designing/building Agentic-AI systems and applications, with an understanding of core-systems and application-architecture.

Google Cloud's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. 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 Cloud's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. You will anticipate our customer needs and be empowered to act like an owner, take action and innovate. 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.

AlloyDB is a fully-managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database for demanding transactional workloads. AlloyDB provides high performance, industry-leading SLAs, and no downtime for maintenance.

We are pioneering GenAI and LLM solutions, seamlessly integrated with AlloyDB to unlock the full potential of AlloyDB for cloud customers and internal engineering teams.

We push the boundaries of how Vector Search DBs are being used by our customers, with AI query engine we introduce a whole new way of leveraging these databases and developing a next-generation benchmarking platform to ensure AlloyDB's vector operations perform at their absolute peak.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• 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.

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