Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud Compute Infrastructure

Google

Seattle, Washington, United StatesFull-time$207,000–$300,000Posted Oct 13, 2026

About the role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development.
  • 5 years of experience in testing, and launching software products.
  • 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
  • 3 years of experience with Virtual Machines.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related

technical field.

  • 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams

and setting technical direction.

  • 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving

cross-functional, or cross-business projects.

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.

Every VM in the Cloud needs to connect to the world and other VM’s. Our team

makes that happen by producing high performance networking devices and

virtualizing the core connection between the in-guest driver and the host

services and networking infrastructure.

In this role, you will work at the core of the networking code. This will allow

you to make a large and unique impact on customers, partners and Google.

The customers run many different types of workloads. They range from simple

websites to high performance workloads. All of these require fast and robust

networking to be successful.

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: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

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

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
  • Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
  • Build high-performance networking devices and expose virtualize network for

VMs.

  • Develop next-generation SmartNIC for data paths, RDMA offloading and QoS.
  • Optimize low-level hardware and system performance for various cloud customer

workloads.

Responsibilities

  • Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
  • Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
  • Build high-performance networking devices and virtualized networks for VMs.
  • Develop next-generation SmartNICs for data paths, RDMA offloading, and QoS.
  • Optimize low-level hardware and system performance for cloud customer workloads.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 8 years of software development experience.
  • At least 5 years of experience testing and launching software products.
  • At least 3 years of experience in software design and architecture.
  • At least 3 years of experience with virtual machines.
  • Preferred: Master's degree or PhD in a relevant technical field.
  • Preferred: At least 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • Preferred: At least 3 years in technical leadership and setting project direction.

Benefits

  • 20% bonus target
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Skills mentioned

C++System DesignDistributed SystemsPerformance OptimizationGoogle CloudSoftware TestingTCP/IPSystems EngineeringConcurrencyLinux

About Google

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H-1B sponsorship history

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