Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer - Scalable Systems

Google Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, YouTube, based in Mountain View, CA. You will work on large-scale infrastructure and distributed systems, contributing across the full software stack.

The role emphasizes leadership, mentorship, and solving challenging problems in a fast-paced environment. You will collaborate across teams to design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain software solutions, with opportunities to influence Google’s infrastructure at scale.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in CS or related field.
• At least 2 years of C++ programming experience.
• Experience with large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or related compute/storage/hardware topics.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide technologies.
• Review code and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, testing, efficiency).
• Contribute to documentation or educational content and update content with product changes.
• Triage product or system issues and debug across hardware, network, or service operations.

Skills

C++ programming

Large-scale infra

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD in CS or related field

Job description

Google is seeking a Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, YouTube, based in Mountain View, CA. You will work on large-scale infrastructure and distributed systems, contributing across the full software stack.

The role emphasizes leadership, mentorship, and solving challenging problems in a fast-paced environment. You will collaborate across teams to design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain software solutions, with opportunities to influence Google’s infrastructure at scale.