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October 16, 2025

Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud Business Platforms

Senior • On-site

$197,000 - $291,000/yr

Sunnyvale, CA , +1


Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development.
  • 5 years of experience with full stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, GO, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent.
  • 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience leading software development, working with product counterparts on a product outlook and road map, executing on the road map, building engineering systems, coaching engineering teams, and bringing to market complex products.
  • Experience building software and distributed systems.
  • Ability to work with new technologies, along with excellent problem-solving and creative thinking skills.

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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $197,000-$291,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical direction and strategy for the Google Cloud Business Platforms, Go To Market systems & eXperiences (GTMX) organization.
  • Delivering launches through partnerships with all of Google Cloud Business Platforms (GCBP) and the Cloud Business teams.
  • Build a collaborative work environment, helping others in the organization and develop and expand talent through mentoring and coaching.
  • Partner closely with Product Managers, Program Managers and other teams to create, drive and deliver an engaging experience to our customers. Identify and solve cross-functional and inter-team issues.
  • Lead software development efforts by driving architecture selection, software design, execution, and operations to build out architectures that are resilient to change.