Senior Staff Software Engineer, Autonomous Network Operations

Google
Pennsylvania, United StatesFull-time$262,000–$364,000Posted Aug 27, 2026

About the role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience programming in Python or Go.
  • 5 years of experience with design and architecture, and testing and launching

software products.

  • Experience leading and delivering large-scale network or networked

infrastructure system transformations from concept to deployment.

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.
  • 5 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.

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 force 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: $262000 - $364000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Provide technical leadership on 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.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership on 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

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 8 years of experience programming in Python or Go
  • 5 years of experience with design and architecture, and testing and launching software products
  • Experience leading and delivering large-scale network or networked infrastructure system transformations from concept to deployment
  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field (preferred)
  • 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms (preferred)
  • 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction (preferred)
  • 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects (preferred)

Benefits

  • 25% bonus target
  • equity
  • comprehensive benefits package

Skills mentioned

PythonGoSystem DesignDistributed SystemsSoftware TestingPerformance OptimizationTCP/IPSystems EngineeringConcurrencyLinux

About Google

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