Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure, One Platform, Inception

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.

One Platform is the standard Google API platform for creating, managing, securing, and consuming APIs and services across organizations. It is used by Google APIs, Cloud APIs, Cloud Endpoints, and API Gateway. Service Infrastructure provides a wide range of features to service consumers and service producers, including enabling, authentication, authorization, auditing, rate limiting, analytics, billing, logging, and monitoring.

One platform is evolving to be the foundational API Platform across environments like Compute infrastructure, GCP and GDC for all Services including first party, third-party and acquisitions.

The Inception team, part of One Platform, has the mission is to empower Google Cloud’s API producers by providing the foundational infrastructure to manage, build, and deploy API service configurations with high velocity and reliability.

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

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Responsibilities

• Design and implement high performance and reliable infrastructure in Inception.
  
• Drive product excellence through testing, automation, and experimentation.
• Collaborate with partner teams in design and experience.
  
• Manage and improve the automated build and deployment workflows to ensure safe, staged rollouts of API configurations.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
  
• 3 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 field.
  
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
  
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
  

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees.