Staff Software Engineer - Front End

• Set the technical goal for Google Cloud Storage (GCS) console manageability. Identify areas of technical debt, latent architectural bottlenecks, and future scaling requirements.
• Architect standard integrations for conversational AI into core dashboards. Lead cross-system simplification efforts that reconcile pantheon constraints with backend capabilities.
• Design highly scalable, testable middleware (Coliseum/Java) and frontend (Angular) structures. Serve as the final arbiter for critical code reviews and design document approvals.
• Partner with GCS backend Tech Leads (TLs), UX Directors, and product executives to negotiate feature scopes, latency goals, and release milestones.
• Identify and resolve broad, foundational issues rather than just single-system bugs. Dive into complex architectural bottlenecks, optimize large-scale infrastructure, and own the technical outcomes of critical business initiatives.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, C/C++ or Python.

Preferred qualifications:

• Demonstrable experience architecting middleware solutions or backend pipelines in Java or GraphQL.

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.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s 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.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, C/C++ or Python.