Software Engineer, Infrastructure, Public Sector
Reston, VA, USA · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Experience
- 2 years in large-scale distributed systems; 1 years in software development. Preferred: 2 years with algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis and software design; 1 year in technical leadership.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience; preferred Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a US Citizen to meet customer and compliance requirements, including potential access to classified information.
About the job
Own and operate air-gapped Google Public Sector services, improving their reliability, efficiency, security, and scalability.
What you'll do
- Own services through design, deployment, operation, and refinement; support launches with system design, platform development, capacity planning, and launch reviews.
- Monitor live service availability, latency, and health; scale systems through automation and reliability improvements.
- Respond to incidents sustainably and conduct blameless postmortems.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
- 1 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
- Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with current polygraph.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 2 years of experience with algorithms, data structures, complexity analysis and software design; 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
Pay
$147000 - $210000 (USD) base salary
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