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

About this role

Google is hiring a staff-level Software Engineer based in Sunnyvale, CA. The posting calls out experience with GCP, Kubernetes, LLMs, Distributed Systems. 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
Sunnyvale, CA
Posted
May 15, 2026

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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.

Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) is a portfolio of fully managed hardware and software that brings Google Cloud’s infrastructure directly to the edge and customer data centers. Powered by Anthos, GDC is designed for high-performance local data processing and low-latency workloads. It particularly addresses organizations with strict requirements regarding data sovereignty, residency, and privacy. The Production Infrastructure team is at the forefront of building AI-native, agentic systems that drive efficient, scalable, and reliable operations.

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