About this role

Google is hiring a senior-level Software Engineer based in Cambridge, MA | Raleigh, NC | Durham, NC | Sunnyvale, CA. The posting calls out experience with GCP, Data Structures, NLP, Distributed Systems and roughly 8+ years of relevant work. Listed education preference: a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Compensation is listed at $262,000–$365,000 per year.

Role: Software Engineer
Function: software engineering
Level: senior
Track: Tech leadership
Employment: Full-time
Location: Cambridge, MA | Raleigh, NC | Durham, NC | Sunnyvale, CA
Experience: 8+ years
Education: Bachelor's degree
Posted: May 15, 2026

AI Summary

Senior software engineer designing and developing large-scale distributed systems at Google. Requires 8 years software development experience, 5 years in design/architecture and product launches. Provides technical leadership on critical projects across full-stack technologies including AI, data storage, and cloud infrastructure.

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Job description

from Google careers

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $262000 - $365000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions.

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development.
5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.

Preferred qualifications:

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
8 years of experience with data structures/algorithms.
5 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, or cross-business projects.