Google

Software Engineer, Looker Developer Infrastructure and Tooling

Google$147K — $211K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of software development experience or 1 year with an advanced degree.
  • 2 years developing large-scale infrastructure or networks, or experience with compute and storage technologies.
  • Experience with databases, monitoring, and logging.

Responsibilities

  • Write product or system development code.
  • Participate in design reviews with peers and stakeholders.
  • Review code from other developers ensuring adherence to best practices.
  • Contribute to documentation based on updates and user feedback.
  • Triage and debug product or system issues to optimize performance.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health care plans.
  • Retirement savings options with matching contributions.
  • Generous paid time off and parental leave policies.
  • Employee development programs and mentorship opportunities.
  • Access to wellness and mental health resources.
Full Job Description
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 or storage.
  • Experience with databases, monitoring, and logging.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
  • Experience with build automation tools and dependency management systems like Bazel or Nix.
  • Experience administering or utilizing testing platforms for highly complex, Monolith/Enterprise setups.
  • Experience embedding Large Language Models (LLMs) into internal Developer Experience (DevEx) or inner-loop diagnostics/debugging platforms.
  • Experience in agentic development and ability to build, prototype, or integrate autonomous AI agents (using frameworks like ADK, Orcas, or Agency) or fine-tune Model Context Protocols (MCP).
  • Familiarity with Cloud Infrastructure and modern deployment frameworks (Louhi, Prow, or equivalent).


About the job

The Looker Developer Infrastructure & Toolingteam is dedicated to maximizing the efficiency, quality, and velocity of the Looker engineering organization. We build and maintain the core infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and advanced tooling powering the entire Software Development Life Cycle for Looker.

As we scale, our team is leading the transition to Agentic Development, where human developers delegate mechanical tasks to AI-powered agents. We are inventing next-generation Dev AI capabilities, embedding code assistants and agentic debugging frameworks directly into local developer environments and pipeline automation.

In this role, you will take ownership of developing and optimizing internal tools, test frameworks, and build pipelines, with an increasing emphasis on Dev AI integrations.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $147000 - $211000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • 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.


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.
Learn more about Google
Size
156,500 employees
Market Cap
$1,115.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+23.3%
Revenue
$182.5 billion
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