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Senior Staff Software Engineer and Technical Lead, GCS Semantic Search

Google· Google Cloud (GCS)
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Seattle, WA$262k - $364kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior Staff Software Engineer and Technical Lead for GCS Semantic Search, responsible for technical leadership on high-impact projects, guiding distributed teams, and delivering large-scale software solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
  • Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
  • Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
  • Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience programming in C++.
  • 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.

Skills

Required:C++Software design and architecture

Benefits

  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years
  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
  • Maternity Leave: 28-30 weeks (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding)
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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