Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, Spanner, Core Query Processing

Kirkland, WA, US Until 9/21/2026 2+ years exp First posted July 17, 2026 Last posted July 23, 2026
Job description

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.

In this role, you will help extend and build out the query processing infrastructure behind Spanner so that it scales to the growing needs of our customers inside and outside Google. You will learn about Spanner's query engine and collaborate with experts in the areas of storage, transaction processing, request scheduling etc.

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: $147000 - $211000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Write product or system development code.
  • Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
  • Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
  • Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
  • Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience with software development in C++ or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
  • 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
  • Experience in designing and developing relational databases, query processors and query plan optimizers.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • Experience in building query processing engine for SQL Relational Database Management System (RDBMS).
  • Experience in building transaction processing systems (OLTP) or larger scale analytics (OLAP).

Additional Information

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year
About this role

Summary

Develop and optimize query processing infrastructure for Google's Spanner database.

Job title

Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, Spanner, Core Query Processing

Experience level

2+ years

Minimum experience

2+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Kirkland, WA, USA, remote work not specified

Salary

$147k–$211k

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

C++relational databasesquery processorsquery plan optimizers

Preferred skills

building query processing enginetransaction processing systemsOLTPOLAP

Specializations

distributed systemsquery processingdatabasesSQLinfrastructure
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Kirkland, WA, USA

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