Senior Infra Engineer — Capacity & Data Center Ops

Socket.dev; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking software engineers to design, deploy, and optimize large-scale infrastructure and data-center software. You will work on distributed systems and compute/storage technologies across multiple product areas, with a focus on efficiency and reliability.

You will engage in design reviews, implement robust code, and help document and teach best practices. This role emphasizes leadership, adaptability, and cross-team collaboration within a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• 5 years of software development experience in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, plus 1 year in design/architecture.
• 3 years of experience developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or compute/storage/hardware tech.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Lead or participate in design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide among technologies.
• Review code produced by others and provide feedback to ensure best practices and quality.
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt to updates.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/resolve by analyzing impact on hardware, network, or service operations.

Skills

Software development experience

Testing & maintenance

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD (CS/related field)

Job description

Google is seeking software engineers to design, deploy, and optimize large-scale infrastructure and data-center software. You will work on distributed systems and compute/storage technologies across multiple product areas, with a focus on efficiency and reliability.

You will engage in design reviews, implement robust code, and help document and teach best practices. This role emphasizes leadership, adaptability, and cross-team collaboration within a fast-paced environment.