Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer – Scalable Systems

Google; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking software engineers to help build scalable infrastructure across data centers and Google Cloud platforms. You will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams as the business grows.

The role emphasizes leadership, versatility, and strong coding in C++, Python, or C, focusing on large-scale systems, networking, and storage, with in-person interviews common at locations in Reston or Sunnyvale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in C++, C, or Python.
• 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

Software development

Software testing

Software design and architecture

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google is seeking software engineers to help build scalable infrastructure across data centers and Google Cloud platforms. You will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams as the business grows.

The role emphasizes leadership, versatility, and strong coding in C++, Python, or C, focusing on large-scale systems, networking, and storage, with in-person interviews common at locations in Reston or Sunnyvale.