Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, Infra Spanner

Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time

Onsite

$141K/yr - $202K/yr

Entry, Mid Level

Google is a leading technology company that develops next-generation technologies to enhance how users connect and interact with information. The Software Engineer III in Infrastructure will work on critical projects related to Spanner, a globally-replicated database, focusing on data consistency, availability, and performance while solving complex problems in distributed systems.

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Responsibilities

Write and test 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.

Qualification

Required

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of experience programming in C++, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
2 years of experience designing and developing distributed databases or storage systems.
Experience in performance analysis, debugging, and optimization for distributed or low-level systems.
Experience with concurrency, multithreading and synchronization.

Preferred

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
Experience with database internals and diagnosing of issues such as memory leaks, data corruption, database performance and tuning.
Experience with transactional database systems.
Understanding of distributed computing concepts, consensus algorithms (e.g., Paxos).