About the project

• 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.
• The Cluster Management (Borg) team is responsible for critical software that configures and runs Google data centers. Our projects run the gamut of distributed computing, node operating system development, new features and platform support.
• In this role, you will be responsible for analyzing, designing and implementing features affecting all services at Google.
• 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.

Your responsibilities

• Implement, debug and enhance various software components for efficient workloads scheduling.
• Develop tools to measure, quantify and fine tune the production load.
• Identify and drive optimizations and improvements to Borg user experience.
• Design large-scale systems, making the trade-offs for reliability and maintainability.
• Communicate with partners across Alphabet to gather requirements and drive adoption efforts.

Our requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
• Experience in concurrency, multi-threading and synchronization.

Optional

• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
• 2 years of experience in large-scale distributed systems.
• 2 years of experience in Linux systems.
• 2 years of experience coding in C++.

Technologies we use