Staff Software Engineer, Google SDN Control plane

Google Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the SDN Control plane. The role involves leading high-impact projects, executing roadmaps, and design implementations for large-scale infrastructure.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in C++ programming, software testing, design, and a strong background in distributed systems. This position offers an opportunity to innovate and contribute to Google's critical technology advancements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience building large-scale infrastructure, focused on distributed systems.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Own Orion Hierarchical Rollouts, provide technical leadership.
• Execute on the Orion Rollouts roadmap, aligned to SDN goals.
• Understand customer use cases, help define components architecture.
• Drive innovation and execution of solutions in Orion ProdInfra.
• Design and implement APIs and interactions for Orion consumers.

Skills

C++ programming

Software testing

Large-scale infrastructure

Distributed systems

Software design and architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering or Computer Science

Job description

Staff Software Engineer, Google SDN Control plane

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross‑functional, or cross‑business projects.

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 team provides the most scalable and reliable SDN Production Infrastructure for Google. 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.

Responsibilities

• Own Orion Hierarchical Rollouts, Orion Config. Provide technical leadership on high‑impact projects.
• Execute on the Orion Rollouts roadmap, aligned to a long‑term Orion SDN goal. Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Understand the Orion SDN domain space, customer use cases, their current and future needs, help defining components architecture. Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
• Drive innovation and execution of innovative solutions in Orion ProdInfra including Orion Rollouts, Orion Config. Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Design and implement well‑defined Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and interactions to present a unified interface to Orion consumers. Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions.

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