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September 1, 2025

Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, Google Cloud, Serverless Containers

Mid • On-site

$141,000 - $202,000/yr

San Francisco, CA

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience with software development in C++ or Go, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
  • 2 years of experience with large-scale Infrastructure or distributed systems and Cloud Systems.
  • Experience debugging and working with low-level systems, performance, and memory management.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
  • Experience with cloud computing and Serverless/containerized workloads.
  • Experience with Kernel, Virtualization, Systems Internals, or Filesystem.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).

About the job

Google Cloud's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. 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 Cloud's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. You will anticipate our customer needs and be empowered to act like an owner, take action and innovate. 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.

Serverless removes the burden of infrastructure management for Google Cloud customers by automatically scaling infrastructure up and down from zero depending on traffic. The Serverless Data Plane organization comprises the set of teams that own the components which route customer traffic and run their code as the underlying infrastructure for our products.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $141,000-$202,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain the sandbox environment that executes and serves our customers applications.
  • Work with key components of our virtualization platform I/O and core execution subsystems.
  • Apply understanding of software principles and systems programming to debug complex issues, optimize code paths, implement features, and contribute to the overall architecture of our stack.
  • Work with other engineers to improve the performance, reliability, and feature set of virtual machine interfaces related to storage, networking, memory management, and process interactions.