Software Engineer III, Infrastructure

Google

Seattle, Washington, United StatesFull-time$147,000–$210,000Posted Oct 20, 2026

About the role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience with software development or 1 year of experience with

an advanced degree in an industry setting.

  • Experience in Rust for systems programming and experience reading and

reasoning about large C++ codebases.

  • Experience in operating systems, concurrency, memory management, and

networking.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • Experience developing accessible technologies.
  • Experience migrating C or C++ code to Rust, or with C++/Rust

interoperability.

  • Experience using AI coding agents for substantial engineering work.
  • Contributions to the Rust ecosystem, such as open source crates, talks, or

workshops.

ABOUT THE JOB:

Google Cloud's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that

change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and

one another. 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 Cloud's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and

our fast-paced business grow and evolve. You will anticipate our customer needs

and be empowered to act like an owner, take action and innovate. 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 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.
  • Embed with a partner team to learn its system, build working relationships,

and co-design and deliver a first path to production for Rust.

  • Teach advanced Rust development through pair programming, code review, and

workshops until partner engineers write, review, and advocate Rust

independently.

  • Help partner teams verify and safely roll out migrated code, and prepare them

to debug and operate Rust in production.

Responsibilities

  • Write product or system development code.
  • Partner with teams to design and deliver an initial production path for Rust.
  • Teach advanced Rust development through pair programming, code reviews, and workshops.
  • Help teams verify and safely roll out migrated code and prepare to operate Rust in production.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 2 years of software development experience, or 1 year with an advanced degree.
  • Experience with Rust systems programming and reading and reasoning about large C++ codebases.
  • Experience with operating systems, concurrency, memory management, and networking.
  • Preferred: 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • Preferred: Experience developing accessible technologies.
  • Preferred: Experience migrating C or C++ code to Rust or using C++/Rust interoperability.
  • Preferred: Experience using AI coding agents for substantial engineering work.

Benefits

  • 15% target bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Skills mentioned

RustC++Systems EngineeringConcurrencyMultithreadingTCP/IPLinuxDebuggingAI AgentsWeb Accessibility

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