Google

Senior Software Engineer, Serverless Container Management, Google Cloud

Google • $174K — $252K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 5 years of software development experience in languages like C, Go, or Java.
  • 3 years of experience with large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.
  • 3 years of software product testing, maintenance, and launch experience.
  • Experience with low-level systems programming on Linux.

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain robust sandbox environments for Cloud Run and App Engine.
  • Enhance the performance and reliability of virtual machine interfaces.
  • Utilize software principles in C and Go for code optimization.
  • Debug and resolve systems issues effectively to ensure resilience.
  • Contribute to platform modernization efforts across Google Cloud's Serverless offerings.

Benefits

  • Equity offerings included as part of the compensation package.
  • Eligibility for up to 15% annual bonus based on performance incentives.
  • Access to comprehensive health and wellness programs.
  • Opportunities for professional development and continuing education.
  • Flexible work arrangements supporting work-life balance.
Full Job Description
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In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, with a focus on building systems in C , Go, or Java.
  • 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture in a production environment.
  • Experience with low-level systems programming on Linux or other Unix-like operating systems.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms applied to performance optimization and memory management in high-throughput systems.
  • 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role, managing cross-functional engineering initiatives or guiding architectural decisions.
  • Experience developing accessible technologies and fostering engineering practices.
  • Experience with virtualization concepts (e.g., Kernel-Based Virtual Machines), containerized workloads (e.g., Docker and Kubernetes), and troubleshooting operating system or storage internals.


About the job
In this role, you will build the core execution sandboxes and I/O interfaces that power Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, and App Engine. You will be operating at a massive scale, managing 5 million Queries Per Second (QPS) and 200 million daily container startups, providing the underlying platform that makes it all possible. You will also unlock the future of AI by providing a seamless, GPU-enabled container serving platform for rapid model inference.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Design, implement, and maintain the highly reliable sandbox environments that power Cloud Run, Google App Engine, and Cloud Functions.
  • Improve the performance, reliability, and feature set of virtual machine interfaces related to storage, networking, memory management, and process interactions.
  • Apply software principles and systems programming (primarily in C and Go) to optimize code paths and implement core execution features.
  • Debug systems issues, understand root causes, and build resilient solutions.
  • Contribute to the ongoing convergence and modernization of the underlying platform capabilities across the Google Cloud Serverless portfolio.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
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$182.5 billion
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