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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineer, AI/TPU Infrastructure Firmware, On-prem - **Company:** Google LLC - **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $174,000.0 - $252,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Communications Protocols, Data Structures, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Middleware, Embedded Operating Systems, Fault Tolerance, Firmware, Design of User Interfaces, Hardware Interface Design, Push Technology, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, System Software, Data Storage Technologies, Real Time Systems, System Availability, Information Technology, Search Engines, Programming Languages - **Published:** August 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/D4F18043575449C382C5DECAD20C796A/job/ ## About the Role Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area., * 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. * 3 years of experience working with embedded operating systems. * 3 years of experience in cloud computing. * 3 years of experience in cloud networking., * Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field. * 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms. * 5 years of experience with C++. * 5 years of firmware experience. * 5 years of Machine Learning Infrastructure experience. * 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role. ## Description 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., * Design and implement both low-level firmware for custom hardware (compute, accelerators, infrastructure) and system-level controller software for runtime resource management. * Develop low-level hardware interfaces (memory-mapped registers, interrupts, direct memory access (DMA), shared memory) and build reliable software services and middleware to bridge high-level applications with foundational platform elements using standard communication protocols. * Build and optimize services for real-time system tracking, health diagnostics, watchdogs, and performance telemetry across both firmware and controller levels. * Develop automated logic and maintain robust features for error handling, fault tolerance, reset and recovery processes, and firmware updates to ensure high availability across the stack. * Partner with hardware, validation, and system software teams to define host-firmware-hardware interfaces, support bring-up and debugging, maintain clear internal API documentation, and drive architecture and design reviews. ## Related Videos - [Playing Pong on a shoulder press machine](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100140-playing-pong-on-a-shoulder-press-machine) - [Developer’s Perspective: Overview of the Tezos Blockchain Ecosystem](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/237-developer-s-perspective-overview-of-the-tezos-blockchain-ecosystem) - [Writing a full-text search engine in TypeScript](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/504-writing-a-full-text-search-engine-in-typescript) - [The Software Engineer 2030: From Coder To AI Orchestrator? - Patrick Schnell](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1825-the-software-engineer-2030-from-coder-to-ai-orchestrator-patrick-schnell) - [SEO in Angular? 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