Software Engineer III, Foundation Services, Google Cloud

Google LLC; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid Time Off: 20 days per year

Sick Time: 40 hours/year (Seattle 69)

Maternity Leave: 28-30 weeks

Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks

Holidays: 13 paid days/year

Job summary

Google Kirkland engineers are shaping how billions connect and interact with information. This in-person role in Kirkland, WA requires collaboration across teams to design, develop, and maintain large-scale distributed systems and cloud APIs.

Compensation includes a competitive salary, a 15% bonus target, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package, with Seattle-specific PTO adjustments. As a software engineer, you will contribute to next-generation platforms, participate in code reviews, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with distributed systems and architecture, and systems integration.
• 2 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience in programming in one of Golang, Java, C++, TypeScript.
• Experience in Cloud API development.

Responsibilities

• Lead design reviews with stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices.
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing sources and impact on hardware, network, or service operations.

Skills

Distributed systems

Software testing

Software design

Golang

Java

C++

TypeScript

Cloud API development

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google Kirkland, WA, USA

In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with distributed systems and architecture, and systems integration.
• 2 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience in programming in one of the following: Golang, Java, C++, TypeScript.
• Experience in Cloud API development.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or related technical field.
• Experience in product life-cycle management.
• Experience with Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS).
• Experience building cloud platforms and distributed systems.
• Proficiency in Golang and TypeScript.

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.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s 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.

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

• Lead design reviews with stakeholders to decide amongst 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.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

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