Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Kubernetes Networking

Google seeks a Senior Software Engineer to advance cloud Kubernetes networking across the GKE and GDC platforms.

Location: Sunnyvale, CA onsite | Salary: USD 174,000 - 253,000 per year

Responsibilities

• Lead or contribute to design reviews with peers and stakeholders to choose among competing technologies.
• Assess and triage product or system issues, debugging and tracking root causes while evaluating impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
• Create and integrate new networking features to support AI and ML workloads on the GDC platforms.
• Develop solutions for Container and VM workloads running on Kubernetes platforms.
• Architect and implement network connectivity for hybrid and multi cloud environments, covering data plane and control plane components, while assisting external customers with production cluster issues.
• Collaborate with open source communities to influence the direction of Kubernetes networking.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 5 years of software development experience in Go, C, or Python.
• Minimum 5 years in network architectures, protocols such as TCP/IP and BGP, and related technologies.
• At least 5 years designing, implementing, and troubleshooting networks.
• Minimum 3 years building large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or working with compute, storage, or hardware architectures.
• Experience with cloud compute platforms such as Kubernetes and Cloud Functions.

Technologies

• Go
• C
• Python
• Kubernetes
• Cloud Functions
• Open vSwitch
• eBPF
• Linux kernel
• iptables
• DNS
• TCP/IP
• BGP
• L4/L7 load balancing
• cgroups
• RTOS
• RCU

Benefits

• 15% bonus target
• Equity

About the Job

Google Cloud engineers design and ship next generation technologies that scale to billions of users, enabling them to connect, explore, and interact with information and each other.

Roles focusing on GKE and GDC networking require solid networking expertise and a clear understanding of how networking powers virtualized environments. The team evaluates integration options and open source technologies, builds integrated solutions, and productizes them. Familiarity with Kubernetes networking and exposure to eBPF and Open vSwitch frameworks can help advance networking capabilities.

Google Cloud accelerates digital transformation by delivering enterprise grade solutions, tools, and support to customers across more than 200 countries and territories.

Compensation

US: USD 174,000 - 253,000 per year plus a 15% bonus target, equity, and benefits.