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Posted 09 June, 2026
Google

Software Engineer, Cloud Networking, Andromeda

Sunnyvale CA USA Full Time

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
  • Experience with software design, development, testing, and maintenance.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
  • 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • Experience designing and implementing network routing solutions for large-scale environments.
  • Experience developing software applications using the C++ programming language.

About the job

Google Cloud's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. 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 Cloud's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. You will anticipate our customer needs and be empowered to act like an owner, take action and innovate. 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.

Andromeda is a scalable, and flexible software-defined network (SDN) stack, enabling Cloud customer network topologies over Google’s physical network. Andromeda provides network virtualization and advanced networking features, such as routing, firewall and load balancing, for Google compute engine (GCE). It is one of the core components of Google Cloud. USPS\Andromeda is the on-host network stack that runs on every physical host in the Google Cloud fleet, and all cloud traffic goes over Andromeda. As a result scalability and reliability are extremely critical. Our team goal is to provide a host of networking features to Google Cloud customers. Every feature is immediately used by thousands of enterprise customers, often meeting their business critical needs in the new Cloud-era.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $147000 - $211000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Write product or system development code.
  • Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
  • Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
  • Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
  • Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
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