About the job

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.

Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) is a fully managed software and hardware solution for data centers and edge locations to address regulatory, local data processing, survivability, and low-latency needs.

In this role, you will use your distributed systems and machine/operating system level experience, and is comfortable working with at-least one of the layers of the stack (hardware, OS, VM, container infrastructure), managing full lifecycle of system bootstrapping, upgrades, healing, security.
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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $166,000-$244,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, deploy, secure, support the operating system and node related components of the GDC stack. Help evaluating various internal and external solutions, make recommendations.

• Collaborate cross-functionally to own the solution, gather requirements and convert them to designs. Improve the testing frameworks, improve overall testing and product quality.

• Solve ambiguous problems including scoping, design, implementation and testing of GDC connected and GGS solutions.

• Work cross-team with product managers, vendors, NPI, cluster teams and to make NodeOS easy and intuitive for its users.

• Create high-quality deliverables, generalize common patterns to remove development and operations bottlenecks.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical fields.

• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Go or C++).

• Experience in Linux, Linux drivers, and operating systems (i.e., Linux distribution maintainer such as debian, gentoo, Initramfs, boot loaders, systemd, Linux boot, Linux security such as secure boot, Autovm scanning, CVE patching, Kernel rebase, Linux internals such as Linux Kernel config, Linux driver integration, GPU drivers).

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with GPU drivers, Kernel drivers, bare metal, virtual machines, Kernel, Linux Kernel internals, Kubernetes, backend, cloud, embedded systems, fleet management, service level objective, networking, Debian, Linux Gentoo, bootloaders, security, Linux internals, Linux Kernel, Linux drivers, infrastructure systems, and distributed systems.

• Experience in building and maintaining Linux distributions (e.g., package management, update, kernel config management toolings).

• Experience with networking (hardware configuration) for both VM and containers.