Data Platform · Staff · Google

the posting, the skills it asks for, and the plan to get there

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Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise Data Platform and Governance

San Jose, CA, USAStaff8+ yrsData Platformposted 12 d ago

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;

Skills, with evidence

  • Python
    8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin or Go.must have
  • Go
    8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin or Go.must have · not practised here
  • Java
    8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin or Go.must have · not practised here
  • Data modelling
    Deep technical mastery of semantic modeling, knowledge graph construction, large-scale data pipeline engineering, and deploying production-grade AI/ML infrastructure.
  • Machine learning
    Deep technical mastery of semantic modeling, knowledge graph construction, large-scale data pipeline engineering, and deploying production-grade AI/ML infrastructure.not practised here
  • Airflow / orchestration
    Deep technical mastery of semantic modeling, knowledge graph construction, large-scale data pipeline engineering, and deploying production-grade AI/ML infrastructure (e.g., advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) frameworks, model evaluation pipelines, agentic orchestration).
  • Governance & security
    Serve as the ultimate technical authority for privacy, compliance, trust and safety, and responsible AI practices across forward-deployed systems, ensuring infrastructure is secure by design.not practised here

Your plan

  1. 4 h
  2. 4 h
  3. Pipeline design: safe to run twice

    Airflow / orchestration

    4 h
  4. 1 h
15 drills · Advanced + Intermediate13 hours

Not covered by the plan: Go, Java, Machine learning, Governance & security.

Readiness

Counted from drills you have completed anywhere on D8LooP.

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