Software Engineer, BigLake, Iceberg REST Catalog

Job Description

Google is seeking software engineers to work on evolving BigQuery into the world's best data lake house platform as part of the BigLake team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
• 2 years of experience with software development 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 with both C++ and Cloud
• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields
• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms
• Experience working within the open data processing ecosystem (Apache Iceberg or other open table formats, or with Apache Spark, Trino, or other data processing engines)
• Experience with both Google's production environment and open-source development workflows
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: Java, Database Internals, Apache Iceberg, Apache Spark, Terraform

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for helping customers to succeed with BigLake
• Direct projects spanning multiple quarters and collaborate with peers from multiple products within Data Cloud: BigQuery, Dataproc, Dataflow, and others
• Be responsible for designing, implementing, testing, and reviewing new BigLake features and for the quality, engineering excellence, and operational stability of BigQuery and BigLake

Benefits

• Employees at Google are often offered benefits like comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) matching, and flexible work arrangements, among other benefits.