Senior Software Engineer

About the role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

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

languages.

• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products,

and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

• 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed

systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or

hardware architecture.

• Experience programming in Go for software development, including AI/ML

applications.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience with container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) and cloud-based AI

platforms.

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.

Join our pioneering team dedicated to democratizing access to Google's AI

solutions by integrating and developing them deeply within the Google

Distributed Cloud (GDC) Platform. We are passionate about enabling customers to

harness the power of AI, no matter their environment. Our work spans the full

range of GDC offerings:

If you are excited about shaping the future of AI on the edge and in hybrid

clouds, and addressing unique challenges across various deployment models, we

want to hear from you!

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

Learn more about benefits at Google

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

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead the technical design, development, and optimization of software

components critical for Large Language Model (LLM) inference serving on GDC.

This includes areas such as model life-cycle management, efficient data

loading, dynamic request routing, and intelligent load balancing.

• Drive horizontal integration across core platform services, including

billing, logging, observability, security, and quota management.

• Implement and enhance serving capabilities to support advanced LLM techniques

like disaggregated serving, speculative decoding, quantization, and efficient

model sharding across distributed hardware.

• Collaborate closely with internal teams developing core LLM frameworks,

container orchestration (Kubernetes, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)),

networking infrastructure, and hardware acceleration to build a cohesive and

high-performance serving platform.