Software Engineer, Rust Acceleration in Production

About the role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in software development.
• Experience in computer science, data structures, algorithms, and software

design.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience programming in C or C++.
• Experience with programming language design or compilers.
• Experience working with Rust.
• Proficiency with google3 development and an understanding of its

infrastructure landscape, or the Rust OSS ecosystem of infrastructure

components.

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.

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 force 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.

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

experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

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

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work on Rust Acceleration in Production - Infrastructure Team alongside the

broader Core Rust team (C++/Rust interop, platform, library development

experience, and AI tooling), and partner to prioritize the selection of

dependencies and deliver library migrations in accordance with technical and

business requirements.

• Align with the owning parties, ensure they participate in the rewrite design

and implementation, and ensure that they will be prepared to take full

ownership.

• Design the optimal end state of a Rust implementation of the dependency,

relying on the requirements, goals, and shape of a Rust software ecosystem

specialized for low-level systems software when developing this design.

• Design and execute on the migration path, grounded in customers'

needs. Consider the preferred code migration approach, the desired level of

intellectual control of the codebase, and safe rollout constraints.