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Senior Software Engineer, Performance, SOC Architect

Google

Location

Sunnyvale, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/25/2026

Compensation

$174,000 - $252,000 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202698.4% approval-14% YoY
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Job description

The Senior Software Engineer, Performance, SOC Architect role at Google focuses on improving machine learning software and hardware stacks. The engineer will work on performance debugging for workloads and custom kernels, collaborating with various teams to enhance chip profiling requirements. This position requires a strong background in software development and computer architecture, as well as a passion for developer productivity. The role offers opportunities to work on critical projects that impact Google's technology landscape.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
  • 3 years of experience with performance, large-scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.
  • 3 years of experience with Computer Architecture, C++, Python, CUDA, GPU Programming, GPU Drivers, System On a Chip, Application-Specific Integrated Circuit.
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

  • Write and test product or system development code.
  • Learn and build an intuitive understanding of existing data collection, analysis, and visualization workflows.
  • Support new and exciting ML paradigms by making contributions across the end-to-end stack and analysis tools.
  • Partner with Product Area leads to understand model optimization use cases and drive cross-functional efforts.
  • Collaborate across Hardware, Driver, Runtime, and Performance Analysis teams and many other stakeholders.

Benefits

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

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Google Llc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

908

FY2026

Approval rate

98.4%

FY2026

LCA certified

4,273

FY2026

Entry-level share

0.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-14%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-51%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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