Application Engineer, Product Catalog

GFiber•Sunnyvale, CA

About The Position

As an Application Engineer, you will join GFiber's Product Catalog engineering team. This highly visible team is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the critical systems and rules engines that control GFiber's product offerings. In this role, your understanding of product catalog architectures, rule integrity, and hands-on software engineering skills are key aspects that will help you drive our technical roadmap and collaborate effectively with product teams and business analysts. Our ecosystem relies heavily on in-house Kotlin microservices running on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), utilizing Redis for caching, and integrating deeply with Salesforce—which acts as the system of record for our rule data. You will apply industry-standard implementation patterns to build and maintain these services, ensuring seamless integration with third-party CPQ platforms like Vlocity and Salesforce CPQ. As a team member, you will also foster a collaborative environment, providing mentorship and technical guidance to distributed engineers to ensure the continuous enhancement and optimal performance of our software end-to-end. GFiber is an Alphabet company that brings Google Fiber and Google Fiber Webpass internet services to homes and businesses across the United States. Our teams are expanding as we connect more cities and people to exceptional internet. The application window will be open until at least April 24, 2026.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
6 years of experience in software design and development using Java and/or Kotlin.
3 years of experience in building services related to product inventory and rule engines.
Experience using development tools such as GitHub and Harness.io.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing for Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Experience developing systems integrated with and/or hands-on experience using Salesforce (Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Vlocity, Salesforce CPQ).

Responsibilities

Leverage Kotlin microservices communicating with third-party integrations to build, design, and manage the rules engine that controls GFiber's product catalog.
Use Kotlin and related technologies, including Spring Boot, Redis, and other related frameworks on Google Cloud Platform.
Work on a team of distributed backend engineers, fostering a team culture of collaboration by providing space to ask questions, offer technical guidance, and share ideas.
Collaborate with internal development and cross-functional teams, such as technical program managers, engineering managers, and other engineers, to successfully deliver projects within agreed-upon timelines.
Participate in an on-call rotation to respond to outages and emergency issues.