Senior Core Infrastructure Engineer

Google; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

PTO 20 days

Maternity leave

Holidays 13 days

Job summary

Google is seeking a software engineer in Kirkland, WA to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions across high-scale infrastructure and systems. The role involves managing project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, with opportunities to work on core team initiatives and cross-team collaboration.

The position emphasizes experience in C++, distributed systems, and architecture, with a path toward leadership and impact on Google’s core software platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience programming in C++.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• 3 years of experience developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst 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 and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

Skills

C++

Distributed systems

Software testing

Architecture

Large-scale

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Google is seeking a software engineer in Kirkland, WA to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions across high-scale infrastructure and systems. The role involves managing project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, with opportunities to work on core team initiatives and cross-team collaboration.

The position emphasizes experience in C++, distributed systems, and architecture, with a path toward leadership and impact on Google’s core software platforms.