Software Engineer, BigQuery Continuous Query
Role summary
Google is seeking Software Engineers to develop next-generation technologies for massive-scale data processing. This role focuses on BigQuery's continuous query processing, enabling complex streaming scenarios for real-time data analysis, dashboarding, and ML inferencing. Engineers will implement components for a large-scale continuous query engine, develop tests, and utilize a full suite of tools for development and rollout. The position requires experience in software development, large-scale infrastructure, distributed computing, and C++ programming, with preferred experience in database/storage systems and Java. This is an opportunity to work on a critical Google Cloud product and shape the future of data analysis.
In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
- Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Minimum qualifications:
- 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.
- Experience with Distributed Computing, Distributed Databases, and Distributed Systems.
- Experience programming in C++.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
- Experience working with database or storage systems.
- Experience programming in Java.
About The Job
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.
Big Query is a multi-tenant cloud-based data warehouse storing exabytes of user data. Users ingest data into BigQuery's managed storage where we enable them to perform cost-effective large-scale analysis of their data. BigQuery powers a number of major Google Cloud Platform (GCP) customer workflows and continues to be one of the most successful products in GCP.
Our team is working on a long-term innovative effort to support continuous query processing in BigQuery. This will enable our users to run complex streaming scenarios ingesting/exporting real time data from/to Pub-Sub/Kafka/Bigtable for dashboarding, online monitoring, real-time ML inferencing. The future of data analysis is in streaming, come join a team bringing that future to GCP's top customers.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s 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.
Responsibilities
- Implement components to support a large scale continuous query engine.
- Implement tests and experiments to evaluate and monitor the performance of the system.
- Use the full battery of tools and instrumentation to develop, test, and rollout features.
- Coordinate with product engineers in all parts of the software stack.
- Debug and solve customer issues/respond to customer feedback.
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