Job description

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. We are Google Cloud Storage (GCS), the object store for Google’s cloud, and this is a planet-scale distributed storage system that manages exabytes of user data, trillions of objects, terrabits of traffic, and millions of queries per second (qps). In this role, you will serve some of the world’s largest consumer and enterprise companies, startups in many industries, and Google’s own services like Drive, Gmail, Photos and YouTube. As a part of this team, your work will directly impact the storage capacity for Google's Product Area and its customers. You will have a front row seat to make the fleet more efficient and packing more bytes into the fleet.Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s 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 . • 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. • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. • 2 years of experience with software development using C++. • 2 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or storage architecture. • Experience developing solutions on Cloud Computing platforms or building Software as a Service (SaaS) products. Minimum qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. • 2 years of experience with software development using C++. • 2 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or storage architecture. • Experience developing solutions on Cloud Computing platforms or building Software as a Service (SaaS) products. Preferred qualifications: • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields. • Experience building or modeling large-scale distributed storage systems or I/O intensive applications. • Experience delivering deep performance, scalability, or reliability improvements in distributed environments.

Requirements

Must-haves

Learn more about benefits at Google .
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.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of experience with software development using C++.
2 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or storage architecture.
Experience developing solutions on Cloud Computing platforms or building Software as a Service (SaaS) products.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of experience with software development using C++.
2 years of experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or storage architecture.
Experience developing solutions on Cloud Computing platforms or building Software as a Service (SaaS) products.

Nice-to-haves

US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
Experience building or modeling large-scale distributed storage systems or I/O intensive applications.
Experience delivering deep performance, scalability, or reliability improvements in distributed environments.

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