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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Systems Infrastructure, Google Ads - **Company:** Google LLC - **Location:** Mountain View, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $174,000.0 - $252,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Google AdWords, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Database, Code Review, Databases, Data Structures, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Design of User Interfaces, Push Technology, Information Retrieval, Python (Programming Language), Natural Language Processing, Software Architecture, Systems Development Life Cycle, Query Optimization, Distributed Caching, Software Engineering, Database Engines, Systems Architecture, Data Storage Technologies, Large Language Models, Generative AI, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Search Engines, Database Replication, Programming Languages - **Published:** August 10, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=59f0ef812043a12b ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. * 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, such as Java, C++, Python, or Go. * 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture. * 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or database architecture. * 1 year of experience with query optimization, distributed caching layers, data replication, or memory/resource efficiency measurement tools., * Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field. * 5 years of experience with data structures, algorithms, and query optimization techniques in a large-scale data storage environment. * 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role, leading architectural design discussions, mentoring developers, and guiding cross-functional database efficiency initiatives. * Experience developing accessible technologies or engineering highly reliable, planet-scale systems that support global, various advertiser and publisher populations. * Experience with modern database engines (e.g., Spanner, cloud database platforms) and developing Generative AI applications or LLM-based orchestration frameworks. ## Description 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., * Write and test product or system development code in Java, C++, Python, or Go to design and implement efficient, next-generation distributed caching and database architectures. * Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies for global Ads data storage and scaling systems. * Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices regarding testing, maintainability, and compute/memory resource efficiency. * Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback to share resource governance standards. * Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality. Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. 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