Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud Storage
Company: Google
Location: Seattle, WA
Salary: $207,000 - $300,000 a year
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-03-23
About this role
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 (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
- Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Seattle, WA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA.
### Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience programming in C++.
- 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
- 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
- 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
### Preferred qualifications:
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Experience with one or more typed programming languages: C++ or Java.
- Experience in or with GCP, GCS, or similar cloud technologies.
- Experience designing, building, deploying, or supporting production software.
- Experience in testing and continuous integration, operational excellence, and proactive design with risk mitigation.
- Experience, aptitude, or interest in threat modeling, security, data protection, data storage, or similar.
## About the job
Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with i...