Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Persistent Disk

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking software engineers to design and implement next-generation storage IO paths, moving processing to hardware accelerators and NICs. You will work at the boundary of hardware and software on high-performance storage for Google Cloud, with opportunities to switch teams as the company grows.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, scalability, and collaboration across hardware and software stacks, with a focus on performance and reliability in a massive-scale environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of software development in one or more languages (e.g., C++).
• 3 years developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or storage/compute hardware.
• 3 years testing, maintaining, or launching software; 1 year in design/architecture.
• Experience with test automation development.
• Master's/PhD in CS or related field.
• 5 years DS/algorithms experience.
• 1 year in a technical leadership role.
• Experience with SSDs and storage protocols.
• Experience with hardware accelerators.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement improvements.
• Work with storage developers.
• Deliver functionality for offloaded Persistent Disk with software engineering principles.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

5 years of software development experience in one or more programming languages (e.g., C++).

3 years of experience with 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.

Experience with test automation development.

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.

5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.

1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.

Experience with Solid State Drives (SSDs) and storage protocols.

Experience with hardware accelerators.

Job description

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., C++).
• 3 years of experience with 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.
• Experience with test automation development.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience with Solid State Drives (SSDs) and storage protocols.
• Experience with hardware accelerators.

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.

The Persistent Disk team provides the mission-critical block storage foundation for Google Cloud, managing exabytes of data for millions of users and tens of thousands of enterprises. As part of the Virtualization and Offloads team, you will build high-performance storage clients that run in both virtualized and bare-metal environments, ensuring every Google Compute Engine Virtual Machine (VM) has the reliable, high-speed storage it needs to grow.

In this role, you will design and implement the next generation of storage Input/Output (IO) paths, moving critical processing from software to hardware accelerators like smart Network Interface Cards (NICs). Working at the boundary of hardware and software, you will develop control and data planes where microseconds count, solving complex distributed systems issues to deliver performance comparable to locally attached disks.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge 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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• Write and test product or system development code.
• 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.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across the entire Google Infrastructure software stack from hardware to Application, to define, implement, validate, and deploy the improvements.
• Work with storage developers.
• Implement and deliver functionality critical to offloaded Persistent Disk while emphasizing software engineering principles to ensure a system capable of scaling to the needs of the business.

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.