Staff Software Engineer, BigQuery Processing Core Runtime at Google

Seniority in posting: Advanced

Compensation

$207,000 – $300,000/yr

Location: Kirkland, Washington
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 29, 2026

Description

Google is hiring a BigQuery Software Engineer to provide technical leadership and design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions for BigQuery. The role focuses on improving BigQuery engine performance for low-latency queries, working with the BigQuery and Dremel codebase, and addressing bottlenecks in data planes. The position requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience, extensive general-purpose programming experience, large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems experience, and GPU programming experience. Compensation is $207,000–$300,000 USD plus a 20% bonus target, equity, and benefits.

Required Skills

Java
C/C++
Python
Distributed systems
GPU programming
CUDA
OpenCL
Query processing

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
Required Previous Experiences: 8 years of experience with general-purpose programming languages such as Java, C/C++, or Python
5 years of experience building large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, networks, compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture
Experience with GPU programming using CUDA or OpenCL and optimization techniques
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
Experience developing query processing engines for SQL relational databases or large-scale distributed systems
Translation Company Name: Google