Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Spanner Graph Platform

About the role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming

languages.

• 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed

systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies or storage.

• Experience programming in C++.
• Experience with distributed databases, compilers, and database internals.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.

• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience developing accessible technologies that has high unit economics.
• Experience with query compilers, query optimization, and execution engines

with knowledge of GQL or Cypher.

• Understanding of concurrency control, consensus algorithms (Paxos), and data

replication strategies.

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.

As a key member of the Spanner Graph Platform team, you will lead the design and

implementation of our next-generation Graph Query Engine—a market-unique graph

database offering built to power both mission-critical enterprise serving and

advanced AI infrastructure, including knowledge graphs, context retrieval, and

AI memory.

In this role, you will bridge the gap between relational and graph paradigms,

engineering high-performance C++ solutions that operate on globally distributed,

petabyte-scale datasets. Beyond core systems development, you will act as a

technical authority, navigating ambiguous requirements to deliver critical

features and consulting with high-value customers to optimize their most complex

data architectures.

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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related

skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

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

Learn more about benefits at Google

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

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 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.