Senior Software Engineer, Google Kubernetes Engine

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience with Linux networking stack.

Nice to Haves

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Familiarity with technologies such as DNS, IPv6, eBPF, load balancing, or network security.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design and implement new networking features in the Kubernetes and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) area.
• Help external GKE customers who hit issues in production clusters.
• Engage with the open source community to help shape the direction of networking in Kubernetes.
• Design and develop AI/ML Enablement high-performance networking solutions specifically optimized for large-scale model training, low-latency GPU communication and autonomous agentic workloads.
• Design and develop network virtualization solutions for containers.

Perks and Benefits

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.