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# Software Engineer, BigQuery, Query Processing Core Runtime

- **Company:** Google LLC
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $207,000.0 - $301,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), BigQuery, C++ (Programming Language), Databases, Computer Engineering, Distributed Computing Environment, Distributed Data Store, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Query Optimization, Software Engineering, Multithreading, Concurrency, Low Latency, Asynchronous Programming, Programming Languages
- **Published:** July 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/64D4D7612F7E4F999FFA5E234954124C/job/

## About the Role

Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain., * Bachelor's degree in Electronics or Computer Engineering emphasis on computer architecture and performance analysis or equivalent practical experience.

 * 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
 * Experience designing and developing relational and distributed databases, database internals, transactional systems, query processing, and query optimization., * Experience architecting and developing software or infrastructure for scalable, high performance, distributed systems.
 * Experience with distributed, columnar or analytic oriented databases or distributed data processing frameworks.
 * Deep understanding of multithreading, concurrency, and asynchronous programming.

## Description

* Improve BigQuery engine to remove bottlenecks for low latency queries, design solutions that are easy to maintain and extend.
 * Conduct tests and monitor the system to ensure quality.
 * Collaborate efficiently with other BigQuery teams to reduce overhead and remove bottlenecks.
 * Develop within the BigQuery and Dremel codebase, primarily C++ with some Java in the data plane and Python for tests.
 * Elevate engineering excellence across the stack.


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