Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, Google Cloud Platforms
In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
- Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity Leave (Short‑Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28–30 weeks
- Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
- Holidays: 13 paid days per year
- Preferred working locations: Seattle, WA; Sunnyvale, CA; New York, NY; Kirkland, WA; Madison, WI (US‑based employees)
Minimum qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
- 2 years of experience programming in C++ or Go
- 2 years of experience developing large‑scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture
Preferred qualifications
- Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields
- 2 years of experience with performance, large‑scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging
- 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms in either an academic or industry setting
- Experience developing accessible technologies
- Proficiency in code and system health diagnosis and resolution, and software test engineering
About the job
Google’s software engineers develop next‑generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products handle information at massive scale and extend well beyond web search. Engineers bring fresh ideas from areas such as information retrieval, distributed computing, large‑scale system design, networking, data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design, and mobile. As a software engineer you will work on a critical project with opportunities to switch teams and projects as the business evolves. The Technical Infrastructure team builds and maintains the architecture that keeps Google’s services running, from data centers to next‑generation platforms, ensuring fast and reliable user experiences. Google Cloud delivers enterprise‑grade solutions that help organizations digitally transform.
Responsibilities
- Write product or system development code
- Participate in, or lead, design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies
- Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (style guidelines, check‑in procedures, accuracy, testability, and efficiency)
- Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt it based on product/program updates and user feedback
- Triage product or system issues and debug, track, and resolve them by analyzing the sources of issues and their impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality
Pay
US: $147,000 – $210,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits.