Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience developing and maintaining software using C++.
• Experience designing, developing, and optimizing back-end systems.
• Experience architecting, developing, and deploying large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with database query languages (e.g., SQL) and data modeling techniques.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience as an architect or technical lead on large projects.
• Experience designing and operating highly available, high load, and low latency distributed services.
• Experience in Identity and Access Management or Security.
• Experience driving collaborative cross-functional initiatives.
• Familiarity with AI tools like JetSki/Antigravity, Claude Code or Cursor.

About the job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

As a Senior Engineer, you will develop platform features and improve reliability of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) authorization infrastructure - a family of services that support tens to hundreds of millions of queries per second (QPS) for Ring 0 services. You will influence technical and design decisions on your team as well as contribute to project roadmaps, execution, customer experience and operations. You will work closely with other leads and product teams in Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) to solve ambiguous and complex architectural problems. You will have an opportunity to grow in an impactful and visible field alongside talented engineers and leaders.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $174,000-$252,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $174,000-$252,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale architectural and reliability initiatives in authorization, from designs to productionized solutions.
• Reduce technical, design, and implementation ambiguity working with management and technical leaders.
• Drive sprint team execution, and maintain high velocity. Continuously develop tooling expertise to improve self and team performance.
• Mentor engineers on your team, helping them grow and become effective owners of critical components.
• Collaborate with cross-functional and cross-teams across GCP to drive outcomes.