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Software Engineer, Infrastructure, PhD, Early Career, 2027 Start

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Hybrid (Multiple US locations)$147k - $210kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Google PhD Software Engineer role for early career, focusing on infrastructure and advanced systems. Requires PhD or equivalent, strong research background, and ability to lead or participate in cross-stack design and implementation projects.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in or lead team projects to carry out design, analysis, and development of advanced systems across the stack, using your research expertise.
  • Write documents that set new technical directions. Contribute to existing documentation or educational content, and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
  • Study, diagnose and resolve complex technical issues by analyzing sources of issues and the impact on software, hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
  • Develop code, review code developed by other developers, and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).

Qualifications

  • PhD degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience coding in one or more of: C, C++, Python, Java or Golang.
  • Experience in architecting or developing distributed systems, concurrency, multi-threading, or synchronization.

Skills

Required:PhD in Computer Science or related fieldProgramming (C, C++, Python, Java, or Golang)Distributed systems / concurrency

Benefits

  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days vacation per year (accruing)
  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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