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Senior Software Engineer, Release Channel

Google

Location

Kirkland, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

10/15/2026

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 for the Release Channel team at Google will focus on balancing continuous release velocity with production stability through automated rollout channels in Google Cloud Platform BigQuery. This role involves serving as a core technical leader, driving long-term goals, strategy, and architecture for release channel capacity management. The engineer will tackle complex distributed systems challenges and work closely with Workload Management to define a multi-year roadmap. The position requires versatility and leadership qualities to address high technical ambiguity and ensure sustainable growth.

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 developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or networks.
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
  • 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

  • Write and test product or system development code.
  • Participate in or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders.
  • Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback.
  • Contribute to existing documentation or educational content.
  • Triage product or system issues and debug, track, and resolve them.

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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