Google

Staff Software Engineer, Spanner, Databases

Posted On

July 30, 2025

Location

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Experience Level

Freshers/Experienced

Job Type

Permanent

Apply By

Aug. 21, 2025

Job Description

Lead a team of engineers to design, develop, and deploy new Spanner features and enhancements, and provide technical guidance, mentorship, and code reviews to ensure quality software development.
Architect and design scalable, reliable systems that meet the needs of Spanner's growing customer base, and make data based decisions to drive product strategy and ideas.
Propose and implement new features that enhance Spanner's capabilities and differentiate it from competitors.
Troubleshoot technical issues, analyze performance issues, and develop innovative solutions to address customer issues, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues.

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development and technical leadership.
Experience contributing to product strategy and roadmap.
Experience engaging with external and internal customers.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience with Distributed Systems.
Experience with PostGreSQL or MySQL, C++.
Ability to work across boundaries in a distributed team
Ability to lead, mentor, and grow technical leads and team members.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development and technical leadership.
Experience contributing to product strategy and roadmap.
Experience engaging with external and internal customers.

Google Cloud's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. 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 Cloud's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. You will anticipate our customer needs and be empowered to act like an owner, take action and innovate. 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 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.

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