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November 14, 2025

Software Engineer, Data Protection

Mid • On-site

$141,000 - $202,000/yr

Sunnyvale, CA

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience with software development or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
  • 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
  • Experience programming in Java or Go.
  • Experience in the following areas: Cloud, Google Cloud Platform, Backend, System Design, Large Scale Distributed Systems, Relational Databases.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science or related technical fields.
  • Experience in one or more of the following areas: Disaster Recovery, Backups, Data Loss Prevention, Recovery, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Google Infrastructure.

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 Data Protection, Migration and Data Integration team is responsible for providing a platform that delivers Data Protection, Frictionless Low downtime migration, and enables a Seamless one Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Data Platform. Data durability and integrity is GCP's priority, especially crucial for customer mission critical databases. There are many issues in this space, including providing customers with industry dealing Data Protection features, low RTO, fast and precise recovery in disaster scenarios and peace of mind when running their database on Google Cloud.

In this role, you will support our growing business and customer base and build the next level of Data Protection for database customers while providing availability.

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 $141,000-$202,000 + 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

  • Play a critical role in designing and building cost effective infrastructure for data protection.
  • Innovate, design and build functionality to achieve industry leading Service Level Agreement (SLA) in data protection.
  • Work alongside Cloud SQL TLs to drive long term technical direction.
  • Partner with product managers and engineering managers to define product direction.
  • Collaborate with other GCP teams to drive alignment and requirements.