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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure Spanner Team

Google· Spanner/Infrastructure Engineering
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Sunnyvale, CA, USA$262k - $364kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Senior Staff Software Engineer focused on Spanner Serving and next-gen Batch I/O interface, leading AI-assisted modernization and setting AI-first engineering practices within the Spanner team.

Responsibilities

  • Set the technical direction for Spanner's next-gen Batch I/O interface, including Database branching and bulk processing, and own the architectural bridge between Serving and other Spanner subsystems.
  • Lead the modernization of Spanner Serving using AI-assisted development (e.g., coding agents, LLM-driven code migration and refactoring) to reduce technical debt and operational toil without compromising correctness or availability.
  • Design, build, and deploy AI-powered tools, agents, and automated workflows that speed up the team's development lifecycle, including code review, testing, verification, debugging, and incident response.
  • Define AI-first engineering practices for the team: find the use cases with the biggest payoff and reviewing the work of AI agents, and measure the effect on speed and quality.
  • Influence and mentor engineers across Spanner, growing their technical depth and AI fluency, and share reusable patterns with partner teams across Google.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing or launching software products.
  • Experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.
  • Experienced in innovating the development process using AI.

Skills

Required:Design and architectureLarge-scale infrastructure / distributed systemsAI-assisted development / AI-first engineering

Benefits

  • US: $262000 - $364000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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