Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

• 15 years of experience working as a technical software engineering leader or 13 years with an advanced degree.

• Experience providing technical guidance and enabling teams to deliver services that benefit internal and external stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications:

• An advanced degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering.

• Experience motivating others at all levels by creating a shared sense of outlook and purpose.

• Distributed systems and architecture knowledge and experience with multi-tiered mission-critical systems including middleware, front end Web services and load balancing, storage subsystems, and hardened database strategies.

• Technical expertise in systems and software with the leadership skills to influence technical leaders across the company.

As a Principal Engineer, you will lead the overall mid-layer technology for Google Ads including driving the next generation of advertiser stats storage, query, and performance related technology.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $278,000-$399,000 + 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 (https://careers.google.com/benefits/) .

• Work across a large and diverse organization and partner closely with leads across the Ads ecosystem to build and drive technical and product consensus.

• Understand, investigate, and formulate technical roadmaps for critical areas of interest for the company.

• Apply sound judgment assessing technical and organizational barriers to success.

• Partner with and influence key stakeholders to drive proposed technical changes through authoring next-level designs.

• Establish robust core execution teams, mentor and guide technical leads in executing high-priority OKRs, define and improve SLAs, and establish metrics and success indicators.

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 https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCPEEOPost.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.