About the role

What will you do at Google?

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

* 5 years of experience programming in C++ or C.

* 3 years of experience developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed

systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or

hardware architecture.

* 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products,

and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.

* 2 years of Cloud Networking experience.

* 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.

* Experience working with two or more from the following: Unix/Linux

environments, distributed and parallel systems, networking, developing large

software systems or security software development.

* Prior experience developing DNS software but not a requirement.

ABOUT THE JOB:

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.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the

Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and

maintaining our data centers to building the next-generation of Google

platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our

engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we

can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have

the best and fastest experience possible.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its

business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage

Google’s 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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills,

experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best

practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability,

and efficiency).

* Create solutions to sometimes ambiguous problems and take ownership of their

technical and non-technical scope.

* Drive the technical direction of large projects with multiple stakeholders.

* Write highly-scalable, performant, and reliable C++ code operating in a

Google-scale distributed systems environment.

* Investigate production software issues and work closely with our Site

Reliability Engineer (SRE) team.

Which skills does this role require?

C++CDistributed SystemsInfrastructure DevelopmentSoftware ArchitectureCode ReviewSite Reliability EngineeringInfrastructureData CentersGoogle CloudScalabilitySoftware EngineeringHardware ArchitectureGCP

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