Google Cloud's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. 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 Cloud's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. You will anticipate our customer needs and be empowered to act like an owner, take action and innovate. 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.
As a Software Engineer on the Distributed Software Defined Networks team, you will help design and implement our in-house routing and software-defined networking solutions. You will be instrumental in transitioning legacy routing paradigms to a modern, scalable, and highly reliable distributed architecture that runs directly on routing hardware. You will help abstract complex networking hardware into manageable, evolvable services.
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.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy robust, scalable software systems, ensuring production code is resilient and maintainable.
- Plan and execute prioritized project work in a self-directed manner, managing task priorities to drive outcomes for your immediate area.
- Clarify ambiguities in requirements and proactively help the team course-correct to solve technical problems across several areas.
- Drive high standards by contributing to qualification, documentation, and production monitoring, ensuring code is left better than it was found.
- Communicate and align work within affected teams and with cross-functional partners to coordinate timelines for assigned project components.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience with software development in Go or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience working with large-scale distributed systems.
- 2 years of experience in networking technologies/concepts such as Software Defined Networking (SDN), internet routing technologies or router/switch telemetry, or modern cloud-native architectures, including containerisation technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker) and serverless computing.