Software Engineer III, Datastream

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

2 years of experience with software development in Java, Python or Go.
2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.

Preferred qualifications:
2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
Experience developing accessible technologies.

Experience with large-scale data processing, Cloud, and databases.
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.

This is an opportunity to join an innovative team with a strong culture working on a complex, cutting-edge GCP service that transforms the way our customers ingest their data into the cloud. Datastream is a cloud-native system built on-top on GCP in a modern microservices-based architecture, leveraging the latest GCP offerings and open-source technologies. Our stack includes Kubernetes (on GKE), Pub/Sub, GCS, Kafka, Redis and more.

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 product or system development code.
Work on design challenges in high-throughput, large-scale distributed systems built on GCP.
Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).

Build the service from the ground up, focusing on quality and security without sacrificing efficient & timely delivery.
Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the source of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

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