Google's Infrastructure, Cloud Compute Infrastructure team seeks a Software Engineer III to help build and maintain large-scale infrastructure, participate in design discussions and code reviews, and contribute to documentation and issue triage. This onsite role is based in Kirkland, WA.
Location
Kirkland, WA (onsite)
Compensation
Salary in the US ranges from USD 147,000 to USD 211,000 per year, plus a target bonus of 15%, equity, and benefits.
Responsibilities
- Develop and validate code for products or systems.
- Participate in or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide among available technologies.
- Review code produced by others and provide feedback to promote best practices such as code style, accuracy, testability, and efficiency.
- Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product updates and user feedback.
- Triage product or system issues and debug, track, and resolve by analyzing sources of problems and their impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience programming in C++, Go, or Python.
- 2 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
Technologies
- C++, Go, Python
- Vertex AI
- TPUs
- Google Cloud
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Vacation: 20 days per year, accruing 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years
- Sick time: 40 hours per year, increasing to 69 hours per year for Seattle, including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
- Maternity leave (short-term disability plus baby bonding): 28–30 weeks
- Baby bonding leave: 18 weeks
- 13 paid holidays per year
About the Job
Google engineers develop next generation technologies that influence how billions of users connect, search, and interact with information. The products are designed to handle data at massive scale and extend beyond traditional web search. The team welcomes engineers bringing ideas from areas including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, user interface design, and mobile development. As a software engineer, you will work on a project critical to Google's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as the company grows. The role requires versatility, leadership, and a readiness to tackle new problems across the full stack while advancing technology. Note that compensation is determined by factors such as job-related skills, experience, and education or training. In the US, the pay range is $147,000 to $211,000, plus a 15% target bonus, equity, and benefits.
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.
- Experience with machine learning infrastructure.
