Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Google
Mountain View, California, United StatesFull-time$174,000–$252,000Posted Sep 16, 2026

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 designing, building, or managing continuous build and

continuous integration (CI/CD) pipelines.

  • 3 years of experience with software testing frameworks, or testing and

maintaining software products.

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 software development in C++ or Python.
  • Experience working with Chrome OS or Android Build systems, or the LUCI build

suite.

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.Google

Beam is a true-to-life new communication technology from Google that allows

people to feel like they’re having real face-to-face conversations, no matter

the distance. Powered by realistic state-of-the-art 3D imaging and spatial audio

and integrated with today’s leading remote video platforms, Google Beam enables

you to be immersed in the moment, together. As a part of the Google Beam team,

you'll work with incredible teammates across all major functions in a fast-paced

product-oriented environment. Your contributions will have an impact on the

future of communications with Google products. You will apply technology to

solve that really important problem that we often want to be together and we

can’t.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:

  • Write and test 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.

Responsibilities

  • Write and test 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.
  • 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
  • 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
  • 3 years of experience designing, building, or managing CI/CD pipelines.
  • 3 years of experience with software testing frameworks.

Benefits

  • 15% bonus target
  • equity
  • comprehensive benefits package

Skills mentioned

C++PythonSystem DesignCI/CDSoftware TestingUnit TestingDebuggingGitDevOpsDistributed Systems

About Google

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