Software Engineer, Google Public Sector, Infrastructure

Google; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Software Engineer (Infrastructure) on the SovOps team to build and secure sovereign cloud platforms for the Public Sector in the United States. The role emphasizes reliability, security, and scalable distributed systems.

Minimum qualifications include a Bachelor's degree or equivalent, 2 years in large-scale distributed systems, 1 year of programming experience, and an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
• 1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with current polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Engage in and improve the lifecycle of Google Public Sector air-gapped services, from inception and design through deployment, operation, and refinement.
• Support services before they go live via system design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity planning, and launch reviews.
• Maintain live services by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health.
• Scale systems sustainably through automation, and push and contribute to architectural changes that improve reliability and velocity.
• Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Programming languages

TS/SCI clearance

Go (Golang)

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
• 1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• Must possess an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 2 years of experience working with algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis and software design.
• 1 year of experience using Go (Golang) as a programming language for systems or application development.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.

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. As a Software Engineer (Infrastructure) on the SovOps team, you are at the forefront of an engineering-driven transformation. You will build and secure sovereign cloud platforms, ensuring system reliability and effective operations within high-stakes, secure environments. Utilizing experience with large-scale distributed systems, you will drive insights and integrate new technology to improve the reliability, efficiency, and simplicity of the operational stack, eliminate systemic toil, and enforce long-term architectural excellence. Google Public Sector brings the magic of Google to the mission of government and education with solutions purpose-built for enterprises. We focus on helping United States public sector institutions accelerate their digital transformations, and we continue to make significant investments and grow our team to meet the complex needs of local, state and federal government and educational institutions. Individual pay is determined by factors including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits Responsibilities: Learn more about benefits at Google .

• Engage in and improve the entire lifecycle of Google Public Sector air-gapped services, from inception and design through deployment, operation, and refinement.
• Support services before they go live via system design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity planning, and launch reviews.
• Maintain live services by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health.
• Scale systems sustainably through automation, and push and contribute to architectural changes that improve reliability and velocity.
• Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems.

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 .