Software Engineer, Rust Acceleration in Production

Google; Town of Montana (WI); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental & Vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off 20 days/year

Sick time 40 hours/year (69 in Seattle

Maternity leave 28-30 weeks

Holidays 13 paid days

Job summary

Google Cloud is seeking a Software Engineer to drive Rust acceleration in production. This mid-level role focuses on C++/Rust interoperability, library development, and AI tooling within the Infrastructure team.

You will partner with owning teams to enable ownership and guide the migration path on critical Rust components. The role emphasizes system design for low-level software and requires 5 years of software development experience, with preferred expertise in Rust and C/C++.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in software development.
• Experience in computer science, data structures, algorithms, and software design.

Responsibilities

• Work on Rust Acceleration in Production - Infrastructure Team alongside the broader Core Rust team (C++/Rust interop, platform, library development experience, and AI tooling).
• Align with owning parties, ensure participation in rewrite design and implementation, and prepare for ownership.
• Design the optimal end state of a Rust implementation of the dependency for low-level systems software.
• Design and execute the migration path based on customers' needs and safe rollout constraints.

Skills

Experience in software development

Algorithms

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

C/C++

Rust

google3 development

Job description

Software Engineer, Rust Acceleration in Production

Locations: New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; +2 more; +1 more

Experience Level: Mid

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

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

*Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; San Jose, CA, USA.*

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in software development.
• Experience in computer science, data structures, algorithms, and software design.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience programming in C or C++.
• Experience with programming language design or compilers.
• Experience working with Rust.
• Proficiency with google3 development and an understanding of its infrastructure landscape, or the Rust OSS ecosystem of infrastructure components.

About the job

Google Cloud's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. 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 Cloud's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. You will anticipate our customer needs and be empowered to act like an owner, take action and innovate. 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.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what's possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174,000 - $252,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

*Learn more about benefits at Google.*

Responsibilities

• Work on Rust Acceleration in Production - Infrastructure Team alongside the broader Core Rust team (C++/Rust interop, platform, library development experience, and AI tooling), and partner to prioritize the selection of dependencies and deliver library migrations in accordance with technical and business requirements.
• Align with the owning parties, ensure they participate in the rewrite design and implementation, and ensure that they will be prepared to take full ownership.
• Design the optimal end state of a Rust implementation of the dependency, relying on the requirements, goals, and shape of a Rust software ecosystem specialized for low-level systems software when developing this design.
• Design and execute on the migration path, grounded in customers' needs. Consider the preferred code migration approach, the desired level of intellectual control of the codebase, and safe rollout constraints.

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**Locations** : New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA; +2 more; +1 more