Senior Software Engineer, Kubernetes Networking & Cloud Infra

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

Job summary

Google is seeking a software engineer to advance Kubernetes networking within GKE and GDC, working on large-scale distributed systems powering Google Cloud. You will collaborate with product teams to refine roadmaps and deliver integrated networking solutions across multiple platforms.

The role emphasizes tackling compute, storage and networking challenges with OSS exposure and a global infrastructure impact, including opportunities to influence open-source projects and cloud-native networking

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of software development experience in Go, C or Python.
• 5 years of experience with network architectures, protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, BGP), and technologies.
• 5 years of experience with network design, implementation, and troubleshooting.
• 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
• Experience with Cloud compute platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, Cloud Functions).

Responsibilities

• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• 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.
• Design and implement new networking features to enable AI/ML workloads in Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) platforms. Virtualization solutions for Container/VM workloads running on Kubernetes platforms.
• Design and develop network connectivity solution for hybrid/multi cloud, involving data plane and control plane elements while helping external Customers who hit issues in production clusters.
• Engage with the open source community to help shape the direction of networking in Kubernetes.

Skills

Go/C/Python

Networking protocols

Network design

Distributed systems

Cloud compute platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Kubernetes

Cloud Functions

Job description

Google is seeking a software engineer to advance Kubernetes networking within GKE and GDC, working on large-scale distributed systems powering Google Cloud. You will collaborate with product teams to refine roadmaps and deliver integrated networking solutions across multiple platforms.

The role emphasizes tackling compute, storage and networking challenges with OSS exposure and a global infrastructure impact, including opportunities to influence open-source projects and cloud-native networking