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# Software Engineer, Rust Acceleration in Production

- **Company:** Google LLC
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $174,000.0 - $252,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Compilers, Computer Programming, Data Structures, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Code Migration, Programming Languages
- **Published:** September 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/F02E9B812FFE450A82C2AE46B415796F/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 in software development.
 * Experience in computer science, data structures, algorithms, and software design.

Preferred qualifications:

 * Experience programming in C or C++.
 * Experience with programming language design or compilers.
 * Experience working with Rust.
 * Proficiency with google3 development and an understanding of its infrastructure landscape, or the Rust OSS ecosystem of infrastructure components.

## Description

* Work on Rust Acceleration in Production - Infrastructure Team alongside the broader Core Rust team (C++/Rust interop, platform, library development experience, and AI tooling), and partner to prioritize the selection of dependencies and deliver library migrations in accordance with technical and business requirements.
 * Align with the owning parties, ensure they participate in the rewrite design and implementation, and ensure that they will be prepared to take full ownership.
 * Design the optimal end state of a Rust implementation of the dependency, relying on the requirements, goals, and shape of a Rust software ecosystem specialized for low-level systems software when developing this design.
 * Design and execute on the migration path, grounded in customers' needs. Consider the preferred code migration approach, the desired level of intellectual control of the codebase, and safe rollout constraints.


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