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 develop the next-generation technologies that change how users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. You will bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, system design, networking and data storage, security, and artificial intelligence. You will be bringing the newest industry technologies, maintain and enhance the Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware and software stack built upon it, which manages every server in Google's production fleet. You will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and the business grow and evolve.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving team behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements. Write detailed specifications and design documents for software architecture and systems.

• Work with open-source software, develop and integrate server management software.

• Maintain and provide support for systems in the fleet.

• Develop, maintain and integrate software test infrastructure, unit tests and integration tests.

• Lead the vendors to achieve code quality.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 2 years of experience with software development in C++ or C programming language.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.

• Experience in embedded system or firmware environments.

• Experience in Linux kernel development.

• Experience with BMC, with contributions to the upstream community, and knowledge of standards like Redfish, Platform Level Data Model (PLDM), Management Component Transport Protocol (MCTP).

• Experience in using Quick Emulator (QEMU) for hardware emulation and system modeling.

• Knowledge of high-speed Input/Output Peripherals (e.g., Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe), USB, Ethernet, Embedded Multi-Media Card (eMMC)) or low-speed Input/Output Peripherals (e.g., Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (UART), Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI), I2C, I3C, JTAG).