Staff Software Engineer, Cloud Business Platform, Area Tech Leads

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.

The Area Tech Lead team's mission is to establish and drive the architectural goal for Google Cloud Business Platform (GCBP) to facilitate the scaling of Google Cloud business. This requires implementing a highly scalable, platform/product-oriented approach to GCBP systems that provides the necessary commercial flexibility for the business teams.

In this role, you will own the end-to-end architecture opportunity to order and transactional integrity. You will lead the design of highly available, secure, and distributed systems that process high-volume enterprise transactions, ensuring seamless integration between upstream purchasing experiences and downstream billing and fulfillment systems.

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: $207000 - $301000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Own the technical architecture for the enterprise sales systems landscape, ensuring alignment with broader corporate infrastructure and business objectives.
• Design scalable, resilient, and high-performing solutions capable of managing enterprise-level transaction volumes, complex multi-currency pricing, and global sales processes.
• Partner with RevOps, Sales Leadership, Legal, and IT to build and maintain a multi-year technical roadmap for sales systems.
• Lead technical evaluations and build Proofs of Concepts (PoCs) for new sales technologies, integrations, and architectural patterns.
• Define the master data architecture for accounts, contacts, products, and agreements.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software engineering/architecture, with 5 years of experience as an enterprise architect, including within the enterprise (B2B) sales domain.
• 2 years of experience in Salesforce platform integration.
• Experience leading full lifecycle implementations of enterprise sales systems.
• Experience with REST/SOAP APIs, event-driven architecture, and enterprise service bus (ESB) technologies.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.