Staff Software Engineer, Woodshed

Google

8 - 10 years

Bengaluru

Posted: 10/07/2025

Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience with software development.
Experience with object-oriented programming, templates, and Standard Template Library (STL).

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience with data structures/algorithms.
Experience in developing back-end, infrastructure-oriented systems.
Excellent cross-functional team collaboration skills and coordinating work between partners.

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.

The team supports Machine Learning (ML) data used for Large Language Model (LLMs) and research-oriented applications and integrates with different ML frameworks for training and analysis.

In this role, you will be leading a team of local engineers. You will be providing technical leadership on projects. You will be collaborating on planning a roadmap. You will be managing project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.

Responsibilities

Partner with infrastructure and client teams to guide integrations.
Review designs and code of other engineers for quality and correctness.
Manage a team of engineers.

About Company

Google is a multinational technology company founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. It is best known for its search engine but also develops products and services in areas like online advertising (Google Ads), cloud computing (Google Cloud), operating systems (Android, Chrome OS), web browsers (Chrome), and consumer electronics (Pixel devices, Nest). Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., its parent company formed in 2015. It plays a major role in shaping the internet, AI, and digital innovation globally.