Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Service Mesh
Sunnyvale, CA, USA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Experience
- 5 years in software development; 3 years testing, maintaining, or launching software products; 1 year in software design and architecture; 3 years developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Develops and maintains Google Cloud Service Mesh platform capabilities that help customers operate microservices securely, compliantly, and at scale.
What you'll do
- Write and test product or system development code; review peers’ code and participate in design reviews.
- Contribute to documentation and educational content, adapting it to product updates and user feedback.
- Triage and resolve product or system issues by analyzing their causes and impact on operations and quality.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
- 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
- 3 years of experience developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field; 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms; or 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration frameworks (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker) and systems programming using C++ or Go.
Pay
$174000 - $252000 USD base salary
Tools
Kubernetes, Docker, C++, Go
AI focus
The platform is described as a foundation for AI enablements and next-generation Agentic workloads; no specific AI development duties are stated.
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