Description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in Java.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

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.
• Experience developing in Python, particularly in the context of implementing agentic workflows or AI transformations.

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.

Google Cloud Marketplace is the premier destination for Enterprise customers to discover, buy, and use Cloud products, including AI models and SaaS solutions.

As AI and agentic offerings face unprecedented demand, our team builds the robust backend infrastructure that empowers partners to publish their products seamlessly. The rapid growth of Marketplace transactions brings immense scaling challenges and exciting engineering opportunities.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will bring technical clarity to complex, multi-year stacks. Working autonomously, you will design zero-to-one capabilities and re-architect existing high-volume systems to support agentic workflows. By partnering directly with Product and Engineering leadership, you will translate broad business goals into scalable, reliable backend infrastructure that delivers measurable impact.
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 - $301000 (USD) 20% bonus target equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical direction, goal, and long-term architectural roadmap for the Cloud MarketPlace ecosystem, aligning it with broader Cloud product goals.
• Write and test system development code to address complex, open-ended problems, designing robust infrastructure solutions that reduce operational complexity and design debt.
• Triage system issues and debug, track, or resolve them by analyzing their root causes and evaluating their impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
• Mentor team members, influence technical decisions across the wider organization, and review code to ensure best practices such as accuracy, testability, and efficiency.
• Partner with cross-functional teams (like Product) to build foundational capabilities for Cloud MarketPlace, and contribute to technical documentation or educational content based on system updates.

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Requisition #: 112795362116149958

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