Software Engineer, Networking Management, Distributed Infrastructure

Google • Sunnyvale, CA

6d • $141,000 - $202,000

About The Position

The Network Management Services team is responsible for software that manages
changes to Google's Cluster Networks world wide. Networking enables the growing
demand for distributed computing to support innovative applications, such as
machine learning, Cloud computing, and Google applications. Our team builds
systems to make this possible.

Our team own services for managing network changes including adding, extending,
and removing network elements, updating software, changing configurations,
installation, qualification, and safely draining/undraining traffic on live
network elements.

In this role, you will be working with a team of talented Software Engineers to
build, deploy and in some cases even operate, the systems that enable network
systems management. As part of the team, you will be expected to design and
implement large features that enable the self-driving-networks mission of the
team. You will be expected to develop technical understanding and competency
working with complex distributed systems and cope with a broad ecosystem with
many moving parts. This space involves developing new systems for emerging
customer requirements as well as evolving and sustaining existing systems, and
there will be opportunities to grow and contribute to the product excellence and
strategic direction.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of software engineering and software development experience.
• 1 year of experience with distributed computing.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 2 years of experience with coding in C++.
• 2 years of experience with coding in Go.
• 2 years of low level programming experience.
• 2 years of data center networking and cloud networking experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and build new networks or subsystems for data center networks.
• Design and build support for autonomous, self-driving networks.
• Design and build systems that operate globally as well as those that execute in regional isolation.
• Build automated tests for data center network software. Work on automation systems that execute complex network life-cycle operations such as expanding/upgrading/decommissioning network sub-components.
• Work on projects that improve the availability and debuggability of data center networks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level