Software Engineer III, Engineering Productivity, Google Cloud Platform

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
• 2 years of experience building developer tools (e.g., compilers, automated releases, code design and testing, test automation frameworks).
• Experience in Python.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Compute Engine (GCE).
• Experience with writing unit and integration tests.
• Experience with distributed systems.
• Experience with test frameworks and tools.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming and software design principles.

About the job

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.

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.

Responsibilities

• Write, test, and maintain the framework's core components, libraries, and tools, and ensure the framework is reliable and easy to use for developers writing tests.
• Work to make the framework more user-friendly by developing intuitive interfaces and helpful tools.
• Support GCE Development teams, and help GCE engineers use the framework to write tests.
• Participate in on-call rotations to address bugs, outages, and other operational issues, and review code changes to ensure the framework remains stable and maintainable.
• Identify areas for improvement, exploring new technologies, and contributing to the ongoing evolution of the framework.

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