Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Google Cloud Platforms

Google; New York (NY); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is hiring a software engineer to develop next-generation infrastructure and large-scale distributed systems. You will work on critical projects, contribute high-quality C++ code, and coordinate with multiple teams to drive technical direction.

We value leadership, versatility across full-stack problems, and the ability to ship reliable software at a massive scale. The role emphasizes software design, architecture, and collaboration with SRE teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience programming in C++ or C.
• 3 years of experience developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Create solutions to sometimes ambiguous problems and take ownership of their technical and non-technical scope.
• Drive the technical direction of large projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Write highly-scalable, performant, and reliable C++ code operating in a Google-scale distributed systems environment.
• Investigate production software issues and work closely with our Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) team.

Skills

C++

Distributed systems

Software testing

Software architecture

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

DNS software

Job description

In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience programming in C++ or C.
• 3 years of experience developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 2 years of Cloud Networking experience.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience working with two or more from the following: Unix/Linux environments, distributed and parallel systems, networking, developing large software systems or security software development.
• Prior experience developing DNS software but not a requirement.

About the job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next-generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Create solutions to sometimes ambiguous problems and take ownership of their technical and non-technical scope.
• Drive the technical direction of large projects with multiple stakeholders.
• Write highly-scalable, performant, and reliable C++ code operating in a Google-scale distributed systems environment.
• Investigate production software issues and work closely with our Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) team.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .