Google

Distinguished Engineer, BigQuery

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Kirkland, WA, USA or Sunnyvale, CA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$364k - $505k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Oversee and steer engineering projects across multiple locations and drive cross-functional engineering decisions for BigQuery.
  • Provide database domain expertise to guide early designs, accelerate project decisions, and maintain oversight of technical execution.
  • Drive improvements and fundamental rearchitecting of storage and query systems for large-scale, low-latency analytics.
  • Partner with engineering and product management teams to shape product direction.
  • Lead the team's long-term technical strategy and collaborate with engineering teams and broader leadership, including through travel.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 15 years of engineering experience with experience in technical innovation.
  • 10 years of database experience with data processing engines and systems.
  • Preferred experience with SQL-based transaction processing systems such as OLTP or large-scale analytics systems such as OLAP.
  • Preferred experience with high-availability designs, horizontally scalable database architectures, and cloud services.
  • Preferred experience leading concurrent engineering projects, creating technical roadmaps, promoting product excellence, and collaborating across teams.
  • Passion for enterprise customers and strong understanding of enterprise workloads.

Benefits

  • Equity and benefits are provided.
  • The role requires travel to work with engineering teams and broader leadership.

Tech Stack

Google BigQueryGoogle CloudSQL

Categories

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About Google

10,000+ employees

Google builds consumer and enterprise software and services including Search, Android, YouTube, Chrome, Maps, Gmail, and Google Cloud. Its business model centers on digital advertising and paid cloud, software, and hardware offerings (e.g., Pixel and Nest) for consumers, developers, and organizations. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Google operates globally as a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.

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