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  • Google
  • Sunnyvale, CA
  • Full-Time
  • <72 Hours
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Staff Software Engineer, Virtual Machines.

Software Engineering & Dev Full-Time

Staff Software Engineer, Virtual Machines: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role is for a staff software engineer working on virtual machines for Google Distributed Cloud air-gapped private cloud clusters.
  • The Person:The person will provide technical leadership, coach a distributed team of engineers, align goals and timelines across teams, manage priorities and deliverables, and design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.
  • Requirements:The ideal candidate has a bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, 8 years of experience leading projects and designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems, 2 years of experience with Kubernetes, and experience with Linux Kernel.

About the role

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience leading projects and designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems.
  • 2 years of experience working with Kubernetes.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  • 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
  • 2 years of experience with Linux Kernel.

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.

The Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) air-gapped Virtual Machine (VM) team is responsible for supporting a VM offering for both GDC Air-gapped. We provide an end-to-end, cloud-like experience for managing VMs in a secure private cloud (GDCag). Our product is built on kube-virt and provides well integrated storage, networking, and compute features for private cloud clusters.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge 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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

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.
Published September 29, 2026
Location Sunnyvale, CA
Job Type Full-Time