Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, Spanner OA and Disaggregation

• Design and implement C++ solutions to solve complex algorithmic issues related to data structures, storage I/O, concurrent programming, and SQL.
• Develop isolated data access methods that enable high-performance investigative query processing to scale separately from Spanner's transactional engine.
• Troubleshoot, analyze, and optimize a massive-scale distributed stateful system to ensure strict correctness, availability, and resource efficiency.
• Leverage AI and LLM-based engineering tools to accelerate coding, reviewing, testing, and debugging workflows while retaining ownership of the outcomes.
• Collaborate closely with major Spanner infrastructure and Cloud customers (e.g., Search, Ads, YouTube, Gemini) to gather business requirements and deliver scalable database features.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 2 years of experience with software development using C++.
• 2 years of experience designing, building, or maintaining distributed systems or large-scale computing infrastructure.
• Experience with performance analysis, troubleshooting, and debugging software systems.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  
• Experience engineering distributed databases, storage systems, or database internals.
• Experience analyzing complex distributed systems and troubleshooting performance issues based on logs, events, and metrics.
• Fluency in utilizing AI/LLM tools for software engineering workflows (e.g., automated coding, reviewing, and design).
• Background in large-scale cloud computing and a track record of collaborating with customers on feature development.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 2 years of experience with software development using C++.
• 2 years of experience designing, building, or maintaining distributed systems or large-scale computing infrastructure.
• Experience with performance analysis, troubleshooting, and debugging software systems.