Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud Compute, Performance

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include: * Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance * Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match * Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6\.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment * Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance * Maternity Leave (Short\-Term Disability \+ Baby Bonding): 28\-30 weeks * Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks * Holidays: 13 paid days per year ### **Minimum qualifications:** * Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. * 8 years of experience programming in C\+\+. * 7 years of experience building and developing large\-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware. * Experience in one or more of the following domains: OS kernels, hypervisors/virtualization stacks (e.g., KVM, Xen), high\-performance networking drivers, storage stacks. * Experience with CPU/memory architectures (e.g., x86, ARM) and modern server hardware performance characteristics. * Experience as an architect or technical lead for multi\-year infrastructure initiatives from conception to global deployment. ### **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. * Experience collaborating directly with principal engineers at strategic enterprise client organizations to root\-cause and resolve complex, large\-scale system performance bottlenecks. * Understanding of hardware/software boundaries, including performance profiling tools, microarchitectural optimi