Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Google•Kirkland, WA

13h•$174,000 - $252,000

About The Position

Google software engineers develop next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information. This role is on Google Cloud, which provides enterprise-grade solutions using Google technology to help organizations digitally transform and address business challenges. The engineer will work on a project critical to Google’s needs, with opportunities to move between teams and projects as the business evolves. The role focuses on infrastructure and distributed systems, including distributed storage and computing, and on advancing Persistent Disk (PD) products for demanding customer workloads. The engineer will help set technical strategy and guide other Software Engineers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
3 years of experience developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
Experience with distributed storage.
Experience with distributed computing.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (C, C++, Python, or Go).
6 years of experience developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
Experience developing accessible technologies.

Responsibilities

Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt it based on product or program updates and user feedback.
Triage product or system issues and debug, track, and resolve them by analyzing causes and effects on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
Address technical challenges across the software stack to develop next-generation PD products that meet demanding customer workload needs, including throughput, IOPS, latency, and cost.
Collaborate with Google Compute Engine, NPI, storage, network, and hardware teams to improve performance through next-generation storage technologies.
Set technical strategic direction for the PD IO team, including strategic Agentic workload projects.
Mentor and guide other Software Engineers in the organization.