Senior Zircon Kernel Engineer (Rust/C++)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off 20 days

Sick time 40 hours/year

Maternity leave 28-30 weeks

Baby bonding leave 18 weeks

Holidays 13 days

Job summary

Google seeks a Software Engineer to design and maintain core Zircon kernel components on Fuchsia, with focus on memory, scheduling, and low-level hardware integration.

You will work across C++ and Rust, address sandboxing and performance, and collaborate with compiler, tools, and security teams to ensure safe execution.

The role offers opportunities to contribute to a modern open-source-like OS, with attractive benefits and relocation support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience with systems programming, operating systems or general embedded development.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize core kernel infrastructure, including virtual memory page tables, thread schedulers, timers, and object architectures.
• Bridge legacy C++ with Rust via robust FFI boundaries while managing stack/memory constraints.
• Develop diagnostic frameworks and comprehensive test categories (early boot, core, stress) to isolate non-deterministic behaviors.
• Collaborate with compiler, tools and security teams to audit codegen, improve coverage, document memory invariants and lock hierarchies.

Skills

Software development experience

Testing/launching software

Systems programming

Rust/C++ interoperability

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in CS or related field

Job description

Google seeks a Software Engineer to design and maintain core Zircon kernel components on Fuchsia, with focus on memory, scheduling, and low-level hardware integration.

You will work across C++ and Rust, address sandboxing and performance, and collaborate with compiler, tools, and security teams to ensure safe execution.

The role offers opportunities to contribute to a modern open-source-like OS, with attractive benefits and relocation support.