Senior Software Engineer - Full Stack & Cloud Infrastructure

Senior Software Engineer, Google Distributed Cloud Appliance

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience with full stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, Go, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
• 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
  
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
  
• Experience with containerization and Kubernetes (K8s) on cloud.
• Experience writing code in development languages (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript, C++, Go, etc.).

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.

In this role, you will help us build the future of disconnected computing. You will move beyond standard cloud development and engineer high-stakes hardware-software integration that directly impacts real-world safety and strategy. You won't just be optimizing code; you will be solving the "impossible" physics of bringing cloud-native AI and centralized fleet management to the tactical edge without reliance on the internet. You'll help us bridge the gap between Silicon Valley innovation and the frontline—building a product that is rugged, resilient, and revolutionary—to define the next generation of sovereign cloud technology.

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.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
  Perform detail design and implementation of critical components related to appliance infrastructure.
  
• Lead one or more technical work streams within Appliance. 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 (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency). Implement support for GPUs, and enablement of AI/ML (e.g., Gemini, Gemma, Vertex AI).
• Interact with tech leads and contribute to architectural specifications. Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
  
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
  

Experience Level

Senior Level