Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, Google Cloud

1 Month ago • 2-4 Years • DevOps • $141,000 PA - $202,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Google Cloud seeks a Software Engineer III, Infrastructure to design, implement, and maintain key components of its virtualization platform's I/O and core execution subsystems. This role involves working on Cloud Run, Google App Engine, Cloud Functions, and other customer-facing features. The ideal candidate possesses expertise in system programming, virtualization, and storage technologies, with a strong understanding of low-level system details. Responsibilities include debugging issues, optimizing code paths, implementing features, and contributing to the overall architecture. Collaboration with other engineers to improve performance, reliability, and features of virtual machine interfaces is also crucial. The primary technologies used are C++ and Go.
Must have:
  • 2+ years experience with data structures/algorithms
  • 2+ years experience with large-scale infrastructure
  • 2+ years experience with Linux Kernel
  • 2+ years experience with C++, Go, or Java
  • Experience with OS internals and administration or networking
Good to have:
  • 2+ years Kubernetes experience
  • Cloud computing, Serverless, containerized workloads experience
  • Experience with system programming on Linux
  • Test-driven development skills
Perks:
  • Bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
  • 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
  • 2 years of experience with Linux Kernel.
  • 2 years of experience with software development in C++, Go, or Java.
  • Experience with operating systems internals and administration (e.g., filesystems, inodes, system calls) or networking (e.g., TCP/IP, routing, network topologies and hardware, SDN).

Preferred qualifications:

  • 2 years of experience with Kubernetes.
  • Experience with cloud computing, Serverless, containerized workloads, and has built applications using Cloud Run, Fargate, or similar.
  • Experience in learning operating system internals, storage internals, or low-level systems programming or virtualization concepts.
  • Experience in systems programming on Linux or other Unix-like systems.
  • Ability to build infrastructure and test-driven development.

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 Serverless team focuses on the reliability, performance, and fast delivery of execution sandboxes and input/output (I/O) interfaces for App Engine, Google Cloud Functions (GCF), and Cloud Run. We innovate on sandboxes such as Emerald and gVisor and collaborate with other Serverless teams to provide a platform for running user code. We support container and file systems for millions of Cloud Functions, Cloud Run services, and App Engine apps, handling significant daily Queries Per Second (QPS), throughput, and container startups. Additionally, we are building infrastructure to provide customers access to all Cloud storage options without Google Compute Engine (GCE) Virtual Machines as part of the Serverless Sapphire project.

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

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $141,000-$202,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about .

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain key components of our virtualization platform's I/O and core execution subsystems that power Cloud Run, Google App Engine, Cloud Functions, and other related external customer-facing features.
  • Understand operating system principles and systems programming to debug issues, optimize code paths, implement features, and contribute to the overall architecture of our stack.
  • Expertise in system programming, virtualization and storage technologies, understanding and working with low-level system details.
  • Work with other engineers to improve the performance, reliability, and feature set of virtual machine interfaces related to storage, networking, memory management, and process interactions. Our stack is primarily C++ and Go.

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