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.
- 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
- 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
- Experience with systems programming (C++ preferred) and developing or debugging software in Unix/Linux user-space or kernel environments.
- Experience with software architecture, engineering productivity, C++, C, Python, network architecture, large-scale distributed systems.
- Familiarity with building, analyzing, and optimizing networking components and protocols (e.g., Cloud NAT, firewalls, load balancers, TCP/IP, or Software-Defined Networking).
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.
This Team owns the core data plane infrastructure for all NAT-based products within the Andromeda network stack (e.g., private service connect (PSC) and Cloud NAT). These products serve as critical entry and exit gateways that securely connect Google Cloud customers to their services and networks.
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.Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain high-performance software for Google Cloud's core networking and secure connectivity platforms.
- Manage complex scalability, resource efficiency, and performance optimization challenges to evolve our cloud networking datapath.
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering partners to define and build new network architectures and routing methods.
- Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, ensuring high engineering velocity and robust code quality.
- Participate in operational rotations, monitor production health, and troubleshoot packet latency or connectivity issues to keep our global systems healthy.