Staff Software Engineer, Linux-based OS

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development including but not limited to C or C++, and experience with data structures/algorithms.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• 3 years of experience developing infrastructure systems, system software, or operating systems.
• Experience with Linux development.

Nice to haves:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
• Experience in concurrency, multithreading and synchronization, or distributed systems programming.
• Experience as a Technical Lead.
• Experience in Linux kernel development.

What you'll be doing:

• Provide leadership in analyzing, auditing, and evolving the overall Node execution model at the OS level to be able to drive build out of a Cloud-empowering Node.
• Lead the development and extension of cornerstone NodeOS capabilities, including engineering into open-source aspects and Google-specific daemons.
• Analyze, design, implement, automate rollouts, and troubleshoot large-scale computer systems.
• Redesign and refactor existing systems to improve performance and parallelism.
• Improve existing and create new integration and canary tests, monitoring, and metrics.

Perks and benefits:

• Advanced technologies and projects.
• Opportunities to switch teams and projects.
• Work on critical projects for Google's needs.
• Develop expertise in various technical areas.
• Collaborative and fast-paced work environment.