Google

Staff Software Engineer, Data Acquisition Infrastructure

Google$207K — $300K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience programming in C.
  • 5 years in large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.
  • Experience with API design and Generative AI agents.
  • Familiarity with server platforms or pods.

Responsibilities

  • Lead system modeling and design.
  • Drive infrastructure scaling and reliability.
  • Deliver effective data targeting solutions.
  • Execute resource and performance optimization.
  • Build scalable web navigation functionalities.

Benefits

  • Access to comprehensive health and wellness programs.
  • Retirement savings options with company match.
  • Generous paid time off and holiday policies.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and development.
  • Flexible work environment and remote work options.
Full Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience programming in C .
  • 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
  • Experience with API design, infra spanner, distributed processing and Generative AI agents.
  • Experience with server platform or pod.

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.
  • Ability to grow in cross-team collaboration and dig deep and understand system implementation details.
  • Ability to lead a team to deliver high availability services/systems.
  • Passionate about production excellence, such as system reliability, debuggability, and long-term maintainability.


About the job

In this role, you will be working on the large scale of crawling, rendering, scraping infrastructure for Google, which acquires tens of billions of Web content per day, to power Google products including Search, Gemini model training, Google Cloud, Ads, Shopping, etc.

We are seeing increasing needs from many teams within Google to acquire various content from the Web to power their products (e.g., news pages, web automation (agent), model training data, etc.). Our web discovery and crawling infrastructure is positioned to support these emerging cases, and we are investing in building scalable and sustainable web navigation functionalities.
The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google's flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google's products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.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 .

Responsibilities
  • Lead system modeling and design.
  • Drive infrastructure scaling and reliability.
  • Deliver effective data targeting solutions.
  • Execute resource and performance optimization and improvements.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
Learn more about Google
Size
156,500 employees
Market Cap
$1,115.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+23.3%
Revenue
$182.5 billion
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