Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, Keystore Platforms

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.

The Keystore Platforms team is responsible for the security and reliability of Keystore’s server platforms, which serve as a critical pillar of user data protection. As owners of the core server infrastructure, we safeguard the cryptographic keys backing Google’s largest services, including Spanner, Bigtable, and Colossus.

We operate in a high-stakes, high-security domain at massive scale. You will manage complex challenges at the intersection of security and distributed systems, working to harden our server platforms, minimize key exposure in memory, and build next-generation cryptographic access controls.

You’ll have a high-impact engineering role focused on improving production resilience, operational efficiency, and developer velocity. Partnering closely with SRE, you’ll drive engineering excellence and help build a secure cryptographic foundation for all of Google.

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: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits, * Write product or system development code.

• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and its’ impact.

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.

• 2 years of experience with software development using C++.
• 2 years of experience with designing, building and maintaining large-scale backend infrastructure or distributed systems.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• Experience in cryptography, security, or building cryptographic access controls.
• Experience engineering high-throughput production systems with a focus on fault tolerance, concurrency, and high-availability.
• Experience developing features within enterprise-level monolithic codebases, migrating legacy systems, or contributing to major open-source projects.

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