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Posted 11 June, 2026
Google

Senior Software Engineer, BigQuery SQL Translation

Google
Kirkland;Cambridge;Seattle WA;MA;WA USA;USA;USA Full Time
In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Kirkland, WA, USA; Cambridge, MA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms and software development in Java and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
  • 3 years of experience designing, building, or maintaining large-scale distributed systems.
  • Experience with SQL and relational database concepts, including queries, database definition, or schema design.
  • Experience with parsers and compiler construction.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • Experience building or operating Google infrastructure.
  • Deep expertise in database internals and diagnosing issues around storage, memory, performance and tuning.

About the job

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.

BigQuery is the fastest growing database platform in the cloud. The BigQuery SQL Translation Service accelerates migrations to BigQuery by automatically converting SQL from over a dozen SQL performer databases into BigQuery Google SQL using the industry's leading semantic compiler engine and the latest in Gemini AI LLMs. We work closely with customers and partner teams across Google and enable significant business impact through our partnerships.

In this role, you will continuously enhance the SQL translation engine to improve ease of use and keep pace with the latest SQL advancements in BigQuery and in the broader database ecosystem. You will also extend our engine to leverage our semantic analysis capabilities for new use migration cases including lineage of SQL workloads, SQL query optimization and database workload validation.

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: $174000 - $253000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Write and test product or system development code.
  • Guide design reviews with peers and stakeholders to select among available technologies.
  • Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
  • Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
  • Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.