staff Software Engineer tech_leadership · Posted Apr 15, 2026
$207,000 – $300,000
USD per year

About this role

Google is hiring a staff-level Software Engineer based in New York City, NY | Cambridge, MA | Sunnyvale, CA. The posting calls out experience with Distributed Systems, Data Structures, Go, GCP. Compensation is listed at $207,000–$300,000 per year.

Role
Software Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
staff
Track
Tech leadership
Employment
Full-time
Location
New York City, NY | Cambridge, MA | Sunnyvale, CA
Posted
Apr 15, 2026

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Job description

from Google careers
Go has been the backbone of the modern web. From powering cloud native computing foundation (CNCF) projects like Kubernetes to driving daily API calls to Google Cloud, Go is the primary language of cloud infrastructure. With millions of monthly active developers and high customer satisfaction score, our community is thriving, and our impact is global. Our goal has always been to provide the most productive platform for building production systems. Today, that mission is evolving. We aren't just maintaining a language; we are redefining what it means to build in the age of AI.

In this role, you will ensure Go remains the premier choice for the next generation of software. You will be optimizing Go for AI-powered tools, code generation, and software development life cycle (SDLC) agents. You will enable developers to build sophisticated AI-orchestrated servers and autonomous agents that execute logic safely and efficiently. You will also maintain the security and reliability that Google’s own engineers and millions of external users rely on.

You will work at the intersection of high-performance systems and AI, partnering across Google and the open-source community to expand the ecosystem. You will be passionate about developer productivity and to sustain Go’s leadership in the AI era.
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