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# Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure, GDC VM Management

- **Company:** Google LLC
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Software Debugging, Distributed Computing Environment, Distributed Systems, Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Linux Kernel, Network Architecture, Quick EMUlator (QEMU), Cloud Services, Software Engineering, Containerization, Kubernetes, Docker, Golang
- **Published:** August 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://us.experteer.com/career/view-jobs/senior-software-engineer-infrastructure-gdc-vm-management-sunnyvale-tx-usa-58909005

## About the Role

products * Collaborate with cross-functional teams and operate across low-level networking and Linux internals Tasks * Bachelor in unknown or equivalent practical experience * 5 years of GoLang software development * 5 years of experience with network architecture * Experience with distributed computing, distributed processing and systems infrastructure * Experience with container technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) or Linux internals/kernel interfaces Key requirements * bonus target * equity * benefits

## Description

Experteer Overview In this role you will build and debug VM products for Google Distributed Cloud, including air-gapped and connected offerings. You will work with Kubernetes, KubeVirt, QEMU, KVM, and system-level languages to deliver secure, scalable VM experiences for private and connected clusters. You will tackle testing, debugging, and performance challenges to enable demanding workloads. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to shape the VM platform that underpins enterprise-grade cloud capabilities. This is an opportunity to influence how Google delivers reliable, large-scale virtualization across diverse environments. Compensation / Benefits * Develop VM products for GDC air-gapped and connected environments using kubevirt-based platforms * Build and debug a VM cloud product leveraging Kubernetes, QEMU, KubeVirt, and KVM * Debug testing platforms to support secure, high-demand customer workloads * Integrate storage, networking, compute, and GPU capabilities within VM products * Collaborate with cross-functional teams and operate across low-level networking and Linux internals Tasks * Bachelor in unknown or equivalent practical experience * 5 years of GoLang software development * 5 years of experience with network architecture * Experience with distributed computing, distributed processing and systems infrastructure * Experience with container technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) or Linux internals/kernel interfaces Key requirements * bonus target * equity * benefits


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