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.

Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) is a new offering designed as a converged hardware and software solution for customers who want the benefits of Google Cloud on premises. GDC will include dedicated hardware (e.g., racks, network switches, servers, storage), operating systems, selected first-party GCP services (verified and supported by Google) and third-party services. This enables a shorter (and more cost effective) time to market for customers and enables us to deliver Service-level agreements (SLAs) on reliability, scalability, performance and operations.

GDC delivers Google’s hyperscale infrastructure and services to on-premises or third-party facilities. It allows regulated industries to maintain operational consistency with GCP while keeping sensitive workloads in local, tightly controlled environments. This managed offering empowers customers or service providers to drive innovation while meeting strict sovereignty and geopolitical requirements.

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

• Build and develop scalable firewall/Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDPS) virtual and physical systems for the GDC product line. Write and test product or system development code.

• Collaborate deeply with various sub-teams in the GDC organization via joint projects. 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).

• 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.

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 testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

• 3 years of experience with 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 a related technical field.

• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.

• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.

• Experience in IDPS and firewalls or Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and certificate management.

• Experience in Kubernetes, virtualized systems, public cloud infrastructures (e.g., Google Cloud Platform).

• Experience with Go Lang programming language.