Software Engineer III, Network Connectivity Center

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

About the role

In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

2 years of experience programming in Go.

2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networking.

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.

2 years of experience with performance, large-scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.

2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms in either an academic or industry setting.

Experience working in Cloud Networking.

Experience with Spanner databases.

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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

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

Responsibilities

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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 the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .

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.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience programming in Go.
  • 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networking.
  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields (preferred).
  • 2 years of experience with performance, large-scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging (preferred).
  • 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms in either an academic or industry setting (preferred).
  • Experience working in Cloud Networking (preferred).
  • Experience with Spanner databases (preferred).

Benefits

  • 15% bonus target
  • equity
  • benefits

Skills mentioned

GoDistributed SystemsSystem DesignDebuggingPerformance OptimizationGoogle CloudTCP/IPSoftware TestingData AnalysisSQL

About Google

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