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 engineer the logic behind how Google Cloud users understand and debug their networks. You are building a core reachability platform in C++ that powers essential tools for anyone running serious workloads on GCP. Think of it as the engine that lets customers see exactly what their network is doing, why it's doing it, and if it matches what they actually want it to do (that's the Intent-Based Networking part).

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.

Responsibilities

• Design, code, test, and ship robust C++ for the core network analysis engine.

• Collaborate with PMs, support team and other engineers to spec out and build features for connectivity tests, network analyzer, and effective routes.

• Solve tough problems in network modeling, configuration analysis, and distributed systems at Google scale.

• Help to build the foundational tech that will make true intent-based networking a reality for the customers.

• Participate in an on-call rotation to support the production infrastructure of the product.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).

• 1 year 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.

Preferred qualifications

• 1 year of experience with data structures and algorithms.

• Experience building or working on large-scale, distributed systems.

• Understanding of cloud networking concepts (VPCs, subnets, load balancers, etc.).

• Knowledge of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, BGP, DNS, firewalls, etc.).

• Ability to model complex systems and think algorithmically.

• Excellent C++ skills, with the understanding of modern C++ and system-level programming.