Software Engineer, Infrastructure, PhD, Early Career, 2027 Start

Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time

Onsite

$147K/yr - $210K/yr

New Grad

Google develops large-scale technologies and products that help billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information. The Software Engineer will participate in designing, analyzing, developing, and improving advanced infrastructure systems, applying PhD-level research expertise to solve complex technical problems and guide technical direction.

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Responsibilities

Participate in or lead team projects to carry out design, analysis, and development of advanced systems across the stack, using your research expertise
Write documents that set new technical directions. Contribute to existing documentation or educational content, and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback
Study, diagnose and resolve complex technical issues by analyzing the sources of the issues and the impact on software, hardware, network, or service operations and quality
Develop code, review code developed by other developers, and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, accuracy, testability, and efficiency)

Qualification

Required

PhD degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Experience coding in one of the following programming languages including but not limited to: C, C++, Python Java or Golang
Experience in one or more of the following: architecting or developing distributed systems, concurrency, multi-threading, or synchronization

Preferred

Research experience in algorithms, architecture, artificial intelligence, compilers, databases, data mining, distributed systems, machine learning, networking, or systems
Experience in designing and implementing a complex system, for production or experimental use
Experience with performance, reliability, systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging
Experience coding in Rust
Availability to start in a full-time role in 2027