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  • Google
  • Warsaw, 14
  • 21 days ago
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Home and Health.

Software Engineering & Dev

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Home and Health: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role is for a senior engineer who sets technical direction for large-scale software and distributed systems across multiple teams.
  • The Person:The person will provide technical leadership on high-impact projects, coach a distributed team of engineers, facilitate alignment across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines, manage project priorities and deliverables, and design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain large-scale software solutions.
  • Requirements:The ideal candidate has 8 years of experience in software engineering focusing on backend architecture, distributed systems, and large-scale data processing, plus experience with design and architecture.

About the role

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software engineering, focusing on backend architecture, distributed systems, and large-scale data processing.
  • 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.
  • Experience operating as a technical leader, overseeing multiple parallel projects, and setting the technical direction for multiple teams.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction with 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
  • Experience integrating generative AI tools or Large Language Model (LLM) interfaces into workflows.
  • Experience managing complex authentication systems, token handling, and legacy user migrations.
  • Deep domain expertise in health data systems, data reconciliation, and wearable device integrations.
  • Strong background in developing and optimizing automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and developer productivity tools.

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 Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first-party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Poland: zł640000 - zł655000 (PLN) + 25% 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.

In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

Published October 14, 2026
Location Warsaw, Poland