Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, Cloud SQL

Google
Sunnyvale, California, United StatesFull-time$147,000–$210,000Posted Sep 16, 2026

About the role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience with software development using one or more programming

languages (e.g., Go, Java, Python, or C++).

  • 2 years of experience building, designing, or maintaining database

infrastructure, database internals, or distributed database systems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
  • Experience troubleshooting database engine performance, optimizing relational

databases, and writing complex SQL queries (particularly for SQL Server).

  • Experience building and integrating with Cloud APIs, and developing scalable

solutions on Cloud Computing platforms.

  • Experience designing high-performance workflow systems and API design.
  • Experience in the Observability domain.
  • Experience building large-scale, managed services.

ABOUT THE JOB:

Our team is at the forefront of powering Cloud SQL, Google Cloud Platform's

robust and rapidly expanding relational database service. Cloud SQL provides

fully-managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server databases, catering to a

multi-billion dollar market and serving as one of Google Cloud Platform's

largest and fastest-growing database offerings. As enterprises increasingly

migrate their mission-critical workloads to the cloud, Cloud SQL's growth

continues to accelerate, underscoring its important role in the modern data

landscape.

Central to our mission is ensuring that this expanding fleet is fully

observable. We are dedicated to significantly enhancing fleet observability,

enabling swift root cause analysis and continuous improvement in reliability for

our enterprise customers. This proactive approach ensures that Cloud SQL remains

a steadfast and dependable platform for even the most demanding workloads.

Beyond reliability, our team is also a driving catalyst behind Cloud SQL's

product-led growth initiatives. This includes developing and offering exciting

features like free trials, making it easier than ever for new users to

experience the power and benefits of Cloud SQL. This also includes zero-to-one

infrastructure improvements to support integration with exciting new products

like AIStudio. We are focused on increasing user acquisition by revolutionizing

the instance creation workflow infrastructure from the ground up.

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 or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience with software development using one or more programming languages.
  • 2 years of experience building, designing, or maintaining database infrastructure.

Benefits

  • 15% bonus target
  • equity
  • benefits

Skills mentioned

GoDistributed SystemsSQLMicrosoft SQL ServerPostgreSQLGoogle CloudCloud ComputingREST APIsPerformance OptimizationOpenTelemetry

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