Senior Software Engineer, Virtualization at Scale

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) match

Job summary

Google is seeking software engineers to advance the virtualization stack at scale, focusing on Rust-based VMMs, guest isolation, and enterprise-grade reliability. You will lead design and implementation across CI/CD, tooling, and automation while supporting millions of production hosts and diverse hardware configurations.

The role emphasizes collaboration across teams to push performance, security, and efficiency, with opportunities to influence the virtualization layer and infrastructure

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., C, C++ or Go).
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• 3 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
• Experience in systems programming, kernel-level development, and virtualization architectures.
• Experience in core infrastructure (e.g., Virtual Machines, Operating Systems, Infrastructure as a Service, Networking, Storage, Security, Hypervisor).

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the virtualization subsystem (VMM, CHV) at Google scale.
• Lead the development of specialized tooling to support engineering practices within the virtualization and systems programming space.
• Design and implement automation frameworks for build, CI/CD, and qualification testing specifically tailored for Rust-based VMMs and guest isolation layers.
• Support the delivery of the virtualization layer across millions of production hosts, ensuring compatibility across various product lines and hardware configurations.
• Build out observability framework to provide transparency into VM health and I/O performance, supporting a more data-driven and efficient release process.

Job description

Google is seeking software engineers to advance the virtualization stack at scale, focusing on Rust-based VMMs, guest isolation, and enterprise-grade reliability. You will lead design and implementation across CI/CD, tooling, and automation while supporting millions of production hosts and diverse hardware configurations.

The role emphasizes collaboration across teams to push performance, security, and efficiency, with opportunities to influence the virtualization layer and infrastructure