Staff Software Engineer, Technical Lead, Network Connectivity Gateway

Responsibilities

Define and drive the multi-year technical strategy and architecture for the NCG data plane across Google Cloud products. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, and deliver scalable data plane features while setting engineering standards.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of experience in large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems. Candidates must possess deep expertise in Linux kernel internals, networking protocols, and technical leadership.

Skills

• Linux Kernel
• Distributed Systems
• Network Connectivity
• Software Architecture
• Packet Forwarding
• Technical Leadership
• Data Structures
• Algorithms
• eBPF
• XDP
• DPDK
• BGP
• Cloud Infrastructure
• Tunneling Protocols
• System Design
• Scalability

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Health Insurance

About this role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
* 8 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure,
distributed systems or networks.
* 5 years of experience with software design, system architecture, and packet
forwarding architecture.
* Experience with Linux kernel internals, user space networking, and
low-latency networking.
* Experience providing technical leadership on projects.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related
technical field.
* 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
* 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams
and setting technical direction.
* Experience with Linux kernel networking (e.g., eBPF, XDP) or kernel-bypass
frameworks (e.g., DPDK, Netmap).
* Experience with Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Virtual Routing and
Forwarding, and routing in multi-region or multi-tenant cloud environments.
* Experience with overlay and tunneling protocols (e.g., GENEVE, VXLAN, IPsec).

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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and
deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance
software solutions.

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: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google
[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Define and drive the multi-year technical strategy, architecture, and
long-term roadmap for the NCG data plane across all Google Cloud products it
supports.
* Design, build, and deliver new data plane features from design through laun.
* Improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of the NCG data plane.
* Collaborate with product management, control plane, SRE, and partner teams to
define requirements and deliver integrations.
* Review designs and code, and set engineering standards for quality, testing,
and operational excellence.

About Google

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