Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, Core

Google Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is hiring a Software Engineer III for the Core Infrastructure team in New York, NY. The role emphasizes building scalable, distributed infrastructure, with C++ development and cloud-system expertise. You will design, implement, and optimize core infrastructure components used across Google's services.

Key focus areas include large-scale systems, data availability, and collaboration across teams. Competitive compensation includes a 15% bonus target, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
• Experience in software development using C++.
• Experience in designing, building, and maintaining cloud or distributed systems infrastructure.
• Experience in database design and optimization for scalability and high availability.
• Experience in the software development lifecycle, including coding, testing, and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and 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.

Skills

Infrastructure experience

C++ development

Cloud/distributed systems

Database design & optimization

SDLC (Coding, Testing, Deployment)

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD in CS or related field

Job description

Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, Core

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• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
• Experience in software development using C++.
• Experience in designing, building, and maintaining cloud or distributed systems infrastructure.
• Experience in database design and optimization for scalability and high availability.
• Experience in the software development lifecycle, including coding, testing, and deployment.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with software lifecycles, building tools, and architecting/developing software for scalable, distributed systems (e.g., data platform, AI/ML, infrastructure).
• Experience with generative AI, generative AI agent, and Google infrastructure.
• Ability to drive change, manage conflict, and ensure policy compliance.

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.

Enable Google to meet its data protection and regulatory obligations scalably, proactively, and sustainably in the AI era. Through end-to-end, protected-by-default solutions, we transform the company’s infrastructure to secure GenAI products and agentic use cases. We work on the company's important commitments in an engineering-focused way to accelerate and scale the delivery of safe and reliable AI products.

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.

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

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Write product or system development code.

• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and 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 .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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