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Senior Staff Software Tech Lead, Photos Create

Google· Photos Create
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Hybrid (New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Mountain View, CA)$262k - $364k + bonusFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Senior Staff Software Tech Lead position at Google Photos Create focused on long-term engineering goals, technical leadership, and delivering genMedia features for Google Photos, with cross-functional collaboration and high-impact infrastructure work.

Responsibilities

  • Define and deliver the long-term engineering goal for our space. Balance leadership with personal ownership of complex, ambiguous problems, ensuring they are clarified and solved through direct technical leadership.
  • Contribute to the codebase and system design, setting a high bar for technical excellence and yet scalable execution.
  • Steer short and long-term investments to deliver at a rapid industry pace.
  • Balance strategic influence with a ‘get-it-done’ mindset, proving out new genMedia features and tech in our product to learn quickly.
  • Work efficiently across teams and cross-functionally with PM, UX and PgM to drive strategy.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development (e.g., Java, C++).
  • 5 years of experience building large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or networks.
  • 5 years of experience making technical contributions to projects.
  • 3 years of experience working in an organization involving cross-functional or cross-business projects.

Skills

Required:Software developmentDistributed systems / large-scale infrastructure
Nice to have:Technical leadership

Benefits

  • Learn more about benefits at Google (linked in job description)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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