Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - Distributed Systems

Google; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Async Media team. You will design, build, and evolve scalable, reliable distributed systems that power Meet's asynchronous media processing.

You will mentor engineers and influence technical direction across teams, delivering high-impact features and architecture. Expect to work on backend infrastructure, with opportunities to switch teams as Google Meet evolves; the role emphasizes leadership, collaboration, and handling complex problems at

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of software development experience in one or more languages.
• 4 years of enterprise data-center tech experience or 2 years in cloud computing.
• 3 years testing, maintaining, or launching software products and 1 year in design/architecture.
• 3 years building large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Participate in or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders.
• Review code and provide feedback to ensure best practices.
• Contribute to documentation and adapt content to updates.
• Triage issues and debug/resolve impacting hardware, network, or services.

Skills

Software development

Programming languages

Distributed systems

Large-scale infrastructure

Cloud computing

Software testing

Software architecture

Data structures and algorithms

Technical leadership

Accessibility technologies

Kotlin programming

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Google is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the Async Media team. You will design, build, and evolve scalable, reliable distributed systems that power Meet's asynchronous media processing.

You will mentor engineers and influence technical direction across teams, delivering high-impact features and architecture. Expect to work on backend infrastructure, with opportunities to switch teams as Google Meet evolves; the role emphasizes leadership, collaboration, and handling complex problems at