Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer, Large-Scale Systems

Google; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking software engineers in Kirkland, WA to work on projects that handle massive scale and push the boundaries of distributed systems, data storage, and AI. You will contribute to core infrastructure, collaborate across teams, and switch projects as needed to meet Google's evolving needs.

The role emphasizes writing robust code, participating in design reviews, and delivering high-quality documentation while aligning with product goals and customer needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
• 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
• Experience with large-scale data processing systems or infrastructure designing and maintaining large-scale streaming data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Write 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

Bachelor’s degree

Software development experience

Distributed systems

Data processing pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science

Job description

Google is seeking software engineers in Kirkland, WA to work on projects that handle massive scale and push the boundaries of distributed systems, data storage, and AI. You will contribute to core infrastructure, collaborate across teams, and switch projects as needed to meet Google's evolving needs.

The role emphasizes writing robust code, participating in design reviews, and delivering high-quality documentation while aligning with product goals and customer needs.