Senior Systems Software Engineer, GPU, Platforms

1 Month ago • 10 Years + • Research & Development

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Job Description

Google's GPU System Software team seeks a Senior Systems Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain the system software stack for GPU systems. This role involves technical leadership in formulating and driving software development plans, identifying cross-functional dependencies, and executing New Product Introduction (NPI) processes. Responsibilities include driving system software integration for next-generation GPU accelerators in Google's data centers and setting technical direction for a small team. The ideal candidate possesses 10+ years of experience in system software development, expertise in C/C++, and experience with GPU device drivers and Linux environments. The team supports Google Cloud, YouTube, and DeepMind services, ensuring high reliability through monitoring, kernel rollouts, and firmware/driver upgrades.
Must have:
  • 10+ years system software development experience
  • C/C++ coding proficiency
  • Experience with Unix/Linux environments
  • GPU system software design & maintenance
  • Technical leadership & planning
Good to have:
  • Master's/PhD in CS/EE
  • 6+ years experience designing/developing device drivers for GPUs, switches, USB, PCIe
  • Test automation tool building skills

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10 years of experience in system software development (e.g., embedded Linux, device drivers, system development, firmware, etc.).
  • Experience coding in C or C++.
  • Experience with Unix/Linux environments.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 6 years of experience in designing and developing device drivers for peripherals such as GPUs, Switches, and connectivity buses such as USB, PCIe, etc.
  • Ability to build tools to enable automation of tests to ship high quality systems.
  • Excellent coding skills in C/C++.

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.

Platforms Engineering performs research, design and development for the hardware, software and networking technologies that power all of Google's products and services. We constantly work on solutions not only to deliver the next generation compute, storage and networking products for the Google worldwide data centers, but also to counter the implications of Moore’s Law. Platforms offers impactful projects at every level of the technology stack, from the chip level to distributed systems design and software development.

The GPU System Software team is responsible for building quality GPU compute solutions that power various Google services such as Google Cloud, YouTube, DeepMind, etc. We also maintain the systems deployed in the data centers with state of the art reliability monitoring services, kernel rollouts, firmware and driver upgrades.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop and maintain the system software stack for Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) system software.
  • Provide technical leadership to help formulate and drive software development plans.
  • Help identify dependencies in cross-functional teams and drive New Product Introduction (NPI) execution with a focus on development velocity and quality.
  • Set technical direction and priorities for a small number of adjacent engineers within and across teams and recommend solutions that consider both short and long-term goals.
  • Drive System Software integration to enable next generation GPU Accelerators for Google Data Center.
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