Staff Software Engineer, App Observability and Performance Data

About the role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing, launching software products, and leading

performance optimization.

• 5 years of experience building large-scale infrastructure, high-throughput

data processing systems, or storage systems.

• 3 years of experience with software design, architecture, and debugging

tools.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related

technical field.

• 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 projects with partners (e.g., Program Management (PgM), PM,

UX, and UX Researcher (UXR)).

• Experience with Kotlin, data analytics, SQL, and customer engagement.

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.

Join the Primes organization—a team dedicated to building scalable, robust, and

developer-friendly infrastructure.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Primes team, you will design the next

generation of performance and system-health tooling that powers Google’s

flagship mobile and web applications.

Primes is the centralized diagnostics solution for nearly all Google consumer

apps. You will build telemetry systems to keep our most critical applications

including Search, YouTube, Maps, and Android fast, stable, and seamless for

billions of users. Leveraging your expertise in high-throughput data processing

and performance optimization, your contributions will directly enhance

reliability on a global scale. Additionally, you will mentor a talented

engineering team, drive technical vision, and help Google consistently deliver

highly performant applications.

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

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

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build diagnostics and telemetry to keep critical apps fast, stable, and

seamless for users.

• Design and scale the next generation of performance and system-health tooling

for mobile and web applications.

• Drive performance and reliability across critical applications and

infrastructure, such as Search, YouTube, Maps, Gemini, and Android.

• Process high-throughput data from client app telemetry using debugging tools

and data analytics.

• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across team boundaries to

deliver scalable client infrastructure.