Staff Software Engineer Tech Lead, Firestore

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.8 years of experience in software development (e.g., Java).Experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.Experience in building Distributed systems and Database services. Preferred qualifications: Experience with Database Internals.Experience with distributed databases. About The Job Google Cloud's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. 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 Cloud's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. You will anticipate our customer needs and be empowered to act like an owner, take action and innovate. 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. Firestore's mission is to unlock application innovation with simplicity, speed and confidence. We achieve this with a unique serverless, document database service, that allows developers to experience improved productivity due to the service's broad support for friendly interfaces (including MongoDB compatibility) and AI integrations. This is complemented with a serverless, zero operations database service that is highly differentiated in the industry, featuring virtually unlimited scalability, industry-leading high availability of up to 99.999% SLA, and single-digit milliseconds read performance. 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 Responsibilities Learn more about benefits at Google . Lead multiple engineers on technically deep projects across the product, collaborating effectively with partners, PM, customers, and other engineering leads.Drive the scoping of functional and non-functional requirements.Ensure the team is able to execute with strong incremental deliveries. This often requires defining the priorities and balancing the product requirements with technical feasibilities.Build well-rounded engineers, distributing work to maximize both product objectives and personal skill development. 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. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .