Software Engineer III, XProf SOC Architect
Company: Google
Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States
Salary: $147K – $210K a year
Work arrangement: On-site
Employment type: Full-time
Experience: 2-5 years
Education: bachelor degree, postgraduate degree
Posted: 2026-11-12
Responsibilities
The software engineer will write product or system development code and lead design reviews with peers. They are also responsible for reviewing code, triaging system issues, and maintaining technical documentation.
Requirements
Candidates must have a bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of experience in software development and infrastructure or hardware architecture. Proficiency in SoC design, computer architecture, and high-speed interfaces is required.
Skills
- Software development
- System on a chip
- Silicon design
- Computer architecture
- Microarchitecture
- Digital design
- PCIe
- USB
- DDR
- Data structures
- Algorithms
- RTL design
- Verilog
- SystemVerilog
- Digital logic design
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity
- Health Insurance
About this role
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
* Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
* 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming
languages.
* 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed
systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or
hardware architecture.
* Experience in the end-to-end Silicon Development Process (e.g., System on a
Chip (SoC), Silicon Design, and Integrated Circuits (ICs)).
* Experience with computer architecture, microarchitecture, and digital design
concepts.
* Experience with CPU and SoC architecture, and high-speed interfaces (e.g.,
PCIe, USB, and DDR).
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or related technical fields.
* 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
* Experience developing accessible technologies.
* Experience in SoC or CPU/GPU architecture and design and microarchitecture
design.
* Experience in RTL (Register Transfer Level) design using Verilog or
SystemVerilog.
* Experience with digital logic design and computer architecture.
ABOUT THE JOB:
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.
The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google
customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and
Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our
customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users
worldwide.
We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering
the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing
power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable
developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping
the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the
development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking,
Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills,
experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google
[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].
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).
* 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.
* Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content
based on product/program updates and user feedback.
About Google
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