Principal Specialized Software Engineer, Quantum Computing, OCTO

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  
• 15 years of experience in software, hardware, or infrastructure engineering, with a focus on technical innovation and engineering leadership

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD
• Experience with the intersection between Quantum and Generative AI
• Entrepreneur or startup experience within a larger organization

About the job

As a Principal Specialized Software Engineer, Quantum Computing, Office of the CTO, Google Cloud, you will create and reinforce the pathways between Google Engineering and our most strategic customers and partners, allowing all of us to start from loosely defined, potentially transformative market opportunities and convert them into new, technology-enabled businesses. You will help our customers create their future and help us create the future of Google by continuously tuning our innovation system and products to the needs of the world's most complex enterprises.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $253,000-$363,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

• Partner with our research, engineering, and product teams to identify and test strategic opportunities for differentiation across our roadmaps with a particular focus on Quantum Computing and post-quantum cryptography.
• Inform and illuminate the future state of Cloud products and partner closely with technical teams to chart how we'd bring those future states to life.
• Help our most strategic customers and partners work through the complexity of adopting cutting edge cloud technology, specific to Quantum Computing, and navigating the transition to post-quantum cybersecurity.
• Inspire others internally and externally to work through difficult and disruptive endeavors through sharing experiences, successes, failures, and the human side of advanced technology development and adoption.