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.

The Unified Orchestration team provides core serving infrastructure that powers Gemini for Home on smart home devices. We are responsible for handling key elements of query understanding, ranking, data injection, and routing to agentic systems. We support full-duplex audio and traditional turn-based interactions.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $147,000-$211,000 + 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

• Complete the migration from legacy assistant infrastructure to our ground-up redesign.

• Simply the system by merging protocols, services, and servers without any disruption to users.

• Scale orchestration to support multiple products as tenants.

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain highly available, low-latency systems in production.

• Participate in a tier-2 oncall rotation to support the team’s critical services.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

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

• 1 year of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.

• 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications

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

• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.

• Experience developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.

• Experience building and running backend/infrastructure and distributed systems.