Senior Staff Software Engineer, File Solutions

About the position

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. With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions. The File Solutions team offers fully managed file services for Enterprise, High Performance Computing (HPC), and AI/ML customers, supporting workloads such as SAP, stateful Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) applications, Media and Entertainment, EDA, FinTech, and Life Sciences, etc. The team goal is to be the authoritative one stop shop for all file solutions in GCP serving customers, and managing hundreds of Privacy Issue Bugs (PiB) of customer data, while maintaining the performance, scale, reliability, usability, quality, and observability as well as End-to-End (E2E) ownership of the whole file portfolio, whether built internally or via integration with third-party and open source technologies. 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.

Responsibilities

• Focus on scaling File Solutions solutions products for AI/ML customers.
• Identify, leverage, and influence the roadmap of Google Cloud Platform/TI to enhance the performance, scalability, efficiency, and reliability of end-to-end file-based solutions.
• Collaborate with Partner Domains and Local Solid-State Drive teams to manage upcoming changes in a scalable, managed file system.
• Identify and Drive strategic partnerships with third-party solutions and vendors for HPC/AI/ML/workload modernization.
• Perform various performance tests, explore the future requirements and create a goal and proposal/s for the long term solution for Play Feedback Server (PFS).

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.
• 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.
• 5 years of experience with Distributed File Systems, or Storage systems.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with Distributed File Systems, or Storage systems.
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• 3 years of experience working in an organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
• 3 years of experience in performance modeling.
• Familiarity with various PFS products, including Lustre, Data Access Object (DAOS), and other solutions.

Benefits

• The US base salary range for this full-time position is $248,000-$349,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.