Staff Software Engineer, Persistent Disk, Capacity at Google
Kirkland, WA
$207,000–$301,000from the description
Jul 9, 2026
Kirkland, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This staff-level engineering role centers on building and operating the capacity management systems that underpin Google Cloud's Persistent Disk and Hyperdisk block storage. The work involves designing distributed systems that use forecasting models to track resource availability, managing the full lifecycle of storage infrastructure, and coordinating capacity allocation between Persistent Disk and Google Compute Engine to support AI and general cloud workloads. It suits a senior engineer with deep large-scale infrastructure and C++ experience who is comfortable setting technical direction.
Staff level · 8+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,250 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 940–3,350
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
What the occupation pays Median $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is explicitly titled 'Staff Software Engineer' and the posting's framing ('Advanced — Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain') confirms a Staff-level individual contributor scope spanning multiple teams/systems, not a people-management role.
Degree requirement is listed as 'Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience' — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, no formal degree is hard-gated.
Compensation is quoted as $207,000–$301,000/year plus a 20% bonus target and equity; the bonus and equity are not captured in the comp range fields.
The role is located in Kirkland, WA, which falls within the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue CBSA.
'Large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture' is a single disjunctive requirement in the required section; 'distributed systems' is used as the primary name with the broader infrastructure framing captured here.
Data science / statistical methods appears only under Preferred qualifications and is marked accordingly.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): software design and architecture, data structures and algorithms, technical leadership.
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