Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Google Public Sector
Company: Google
Location: Reston
Posted on: April 3, 2026
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Job Description:
info_outline X Must be a US Citizen to meet customer and
compliance requirements, including potential access to classified
information. Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree or
equivalent practical experience. 8 years of experience with
software development in one or more programming languages (e.g.,
Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript). 3 years of experience in
designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems. 3
years of experience leading projects. Active, or the ability to
obtain, Top Secret/SCI security clearance. Preferred
qualifications: Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer
Science, or a related technical field. 3 years of experience
working with algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis and
software design. 2 years of experience building and developing
large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, and
experience with compute technologies, storage, and hardware
architecture. Experience leading project teams and setting
technical direction. 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. In this role,
you will be a part of a major engineering-driven transformation for
building and securing our sovereign cloud platforms. You will
ensure our systems deliver reliability and operate effectively
within secure environments. You will use your experience running
distributed systems to drive insights and new technology that
improves the reliability, efficiency, and simplicity of our
operational stack, working to eliminate systemic toil and enforcing
long-term architectural excellence. You will shape the future of
critical public sector services and to solve problems at Google
scale. Google Public Sector brings the magic of Google to the
mission of government and education with solutions purpose-built
for enterprises. We focus on helping United States public sector
institutions accelerate their digital transformations, and we
continue to make significant investments and grow our team to meet
the complex needs of local, state and federal government and
educational institutions. The US base salary range for this
full-time position is $207,000-$300,000 bonus equity benefits. Our
salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within
the range, individual pay is determined by work location and
additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and
relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about
the specific salary range for your preferred location during the
hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in
US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include
bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .
Responsibilities Engage in and improve the whole life-cycle of
Google Public Sector air-gapped services from inception and design,
through to deployment, operation and refinement. Support services
before they go live through activities such as system design
consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity
planning and launch reviews. Maintain services once they are live
by measuring and monitoring availability, latency and overall
system health. Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like
automation, and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve
reliability and velocity. Practice sustainable incident response
and blameless postmortems.
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