Software Engineer III, Storage Analytics

Overview In this role you will advance Google's infrastructure storage systems at scale, analyzing workloads, building prototypes, and running experiments to uncover inefficiencies and anomalies. You collaborate with Research and Data Scientists to translate insights into production-ready designs for cloud platforms. You will influence architecture, deployment, and monitoring policies to improve efficiency and reliability. This opportunity combines hands-on engineering with research-driven impact in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. Compensation / Benefitsbonus targetequitybenefitsflexible work locations Responsibilitiesperform workload analysis to inform storage architecturebuild prototypes and run experiments to validate ideashelp bring innovative storage designs to productioncollaborate with Research and Data Scientists on analytics, modeling, and AIidentify and characterize inefficient behaviors and anomalies and determine root causescontribute to deployment efficiency, monitoring, and production operations policiesengage with external partners and academic/industrial researchers on storage research Key requirementsBachelor in [Field] or equivalent practical experience2 years of software development experience, or 1 year with an advanced degreeexperience with statistical analysis and analytics frameworksexperience with testing, debugging, and deployment in C++ and Pythonexperience with distributed systemscollaboration across cross-functional teamsleadership and initiativecuriosity and problem-solving mindsetstatistical analysis and analytics frameworksC++ and Python software developmentdistributed systems