Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, Infra Bigtable

Google
Sunnyvale, California, United States · New York, New York, United StatesFull-time$147,000–$210,000Posted Aug 26, 2026

About the role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, a related technical

field, or equivalent practical experience.

  • 2 years of experience with software development using C++.
  • 2 years of experience with concurrent programming (e.g., multi-threading,

asynchronous processing) or analyzing and optimizing software performance.

  • 2 years of experience architecting and developing large-scale distributed

systems (e.g., compute, storage, or databases).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  • Experience engineering database internals (e.g., storage engines, consensus

algorithms, replication protocols, or query optimization).

  • Experience building and operating high-throughput backend services,

distributed architectures, or systems with strict high-availability

requirements.

  • Experience contributing to shared enterprise-level codebases or utilizing

Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

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.

Infra Bigtable is the largest structured storage system in Google (maybe even in

the world). Bigtable is also one of the key components and the largest business

driver within Google Cloud’s database portfolio and is a critical infrastructure

component for many of our favorite consumer services. Anything you do within

Bigtable will have an outsized impact for Google. We are looking for motivated

engineers interested in large-scale distributed systems to join our Sunnyvale

and New York offices.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills,

experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Write product or system development code.
  • 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 its impact.

Responsibilities

  • Write product or system development code.
  • 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.
  • 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 its impact.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience with software development using C++.
  • 2 years of experience with concurrent programming or analyzing and optimizing software performance.
  • 2 years of experience architecting and developing large-scale distributed systems.
  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field preferred.

Benefits

  • 15% bonus target
  • equity
  • health benefits

Skills mentioned

C++ConcurrencyMultithreadingDistributed SystemsSystem DesignPerformance OptimizationDatabase DesignQuery OptimizationCI/CDDebugging

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