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Staff Software Engineer, Drivers and Systems Engineering

Sunnyvale, CAOnsiteFull TimeStaff$207,000–$300,000 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Kernel Drivers
  • GPU Drivers
  • embedded operating systems
  • software design
  • software architecture
  • software testing
  • launching software products

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree
  • data structures
  • algorithms
  • technical leadership
  • project teams
  • technical direction

Role summary

Google is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for its AI and Infrastructure team, focusing on Drivers and Systems Engineering. This role involves developing next-generation technologies at massive scale, contributing to AI models, hyperscale computing, and platforms like TPUs and Vertex AI. The engineer will provide technical leadership, influence and coach a distributed team, manage project priorities, and design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions. The position requires a strong background in software development, testing, embedded operating systems, software design, architecture, and experience with Kernel and GPU Drivers.

Minimum qualifications:

  • 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.
  • 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
  • Experience in Kernel Drivers and GPU Drivers

Preferred qualifications:

  • 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.
  • People management experience in a technical environment.

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.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving team behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

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

US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
  • Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
  • Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
  • Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.
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