Senior Linux Kernel Networking Engineer — Scale & Impact

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

Job summary

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. As a software engineer, you will work on a project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you grow and evolve.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in Linux Kernel development using the programming languages C/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 with 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

Linux kernel development

C/C++ programming

Software testing

Systems design

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. As a software engineer, you will work on a project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you grow and evolve.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry.