Software Engineer, AI Storage

Google; Jasper (AL); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is hiring a Software Engineer focused on AI Storage in Sunnyvale, CA. You will work on stateful storage solutions, contributing to distributed systems and large-scale infrastructure, with exposure to Go, C++, Java and Kubernetes.

The role emphasizes engineering leadership, cross-team collaboration, and building robust storage for AI workloads within Google Distributed Cloud and beyond.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• 2 years of software development experience or 1 year with an advanced degree.
• 2 years of experience with large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or compute/storage hardware architecture.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Participate in or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to select technologies.
• Review code and provide feedback to ensure best practices.
• Contribute to documentation and update content with product changes.
• Triage issues and debug to analyze impact on hardware, network or services.

Skills

Software development

Large-scale infrastructure

Compute/storage architecture

Go

C++

Java

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Go

C++

Java

Kubernetes

Job description

Software Engineer, AI Storage

Location: Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Experience Level: Mid

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
• 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining large-scale storage systems, distributed databases, or file systems.
• Experience in writing and maintaining code in programming languages, including Go, C++, or Java.
• Experience in container orchestration, microservices, and deploying distributed systems using Kubernetes.

Job Overview

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, extending 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. Join the Google Distributed Cloud SDS team and build the future of storage enabling AI in edge environments. Our mission is to deliver a robust, scalable, and performant storage solution for Google Distributed Cloud and beyond, enabling customers to run their most demanding stateful applications, including AI and Gemini workloads, in a hybrid environment. We build solutions for Google's containerized environment, powered by Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), addressing complex issues in the evolving world of distributed systems. As a Software Engineer on our early-stage team, you will have a unique opportunity to shape our technical direction, build an exceptional team, and make a significant impact on a rapidly growing product. 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.

Compensation

• US: $147,000 - $210,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide among available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• 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.

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Location

Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Experience

Mid

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.