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Software Engineer, PhD, Early Career, 2026

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Hybrid (Bengaluru)Full-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Google software engineer role for PhD holders at early career stage, focused on large-scale distributed systems, AI/ML, networking, data storage, or security within Google Cloud Networking and IPAM (IP Address Management) for Google Compute Engine and GCP services.

Responsibilities

  • Be responsible for design, development, and delivery of product features and components within Google Cloud Platform (GCP) hybrid connectivity products. Drive projects from design to launch with limited oversight.
  • Design, and implement highly scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems for hybrid cloud networking. Make sound technical judgments in ambiguity and proactively identify opportunities for system improvements or new tool development.
  • Collaborate across multiple Engineering teams, including Product Management, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and other Networking teams within GCP.
  • Contribute to team-level technical decisions and participate in broader engineering community efforts such as interviewing and knowledge sharing.
  • Ensure the production health, monitoring, and on-call support for hybrid connectivity services. Drive initiatives to improve system reliability, observability, and supportability, potentially leveraging AI/ML for enhanced operational insights.

Qualifications

  • PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Experience in software development, with a focus on areas such as large-scale distributed systems, AI/ML, networking, data storage, or security.
  • Experience in architecture or development of distributed systems, including concurrency, multi-threading, or synchronization.
  • Experience in algorithms, complexity analysis, and system design.
  • Experience coding in one of the following programming languages including but not limited to: C, C++, Python, Java or Golang.

Skills

Required:PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fieldDistributed systemsConcurrency and multithreadingAlgorithms and system designProgramming languages
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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