Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Google Cloud, Compute, Virtualization

Google LLC•Seattle, WA

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About The Position

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. With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions. We are the Core Virtualization team, the heart of Google Cloud's Compute Engine virtualization stack. We focus on the user space components of our node-level hypervisor across both x86 and Arm platforms. We collaborate closely with partner teams, spanning from the control plane down to KVM (Linux Kernel Virtual Machine), and everything in between. In this role, your work will be to ensure a secure and compatible virtualized hardware experience for customers running guest operating systems as part of their workloads. This engineering work spans the virtualization stack, device drivers for the guest OS, and related tooling. 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.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development.
5 years of experience building and developing infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
8 years of experience with data structures/algorithms.
3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
3 years of experience working in a matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
5 years of systems-level engineering experience (e.g., device drivers, OS kernels, firmware).

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.
Design and develop new features to enhance the performance and functionality of guest operating systems running on Google Compute Engine (GCE).

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