Software Engineer II, Google Cloud Network

Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).

1 year of experience with data structures or algorithms.

Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.

Preferred qualifications:
Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
1 year of experience developing or supporting observability tooling (e.g., Metrics, Logs, Traces) using platforms like Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK, or OpenTelemetry.
Expertise in the networking implementation details of a specific major cloud provider (e.g., VPC, peering, firewalls, GKE/EKS networking).
Proven ability to diagnose and troubleshoot complex network issues in a public cloud environment.
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
Build the tools and data pipelines that provide transparency into Google’s cloud network.
Design, implement, and maintain high-impact observability solutions (e.g., packet sample logs) that enable on-call developers, Site Reliability Engineers (SREs), and support teams to troubleshoot complex networking issues.

Lead the team's AI transformation, contributing to network labs by building and optimizing Agentic tools and diagnostic skills that expose observability data through automated, LLM-driven workflows.
Contribute to the scalability of data pipelines and the reliability of our AI-driven diagnostic suite while participating in the team's on-call rotation to resolve customer escalations.

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