Senior Software Engineer, WAN Core

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of coding experience in one or more of the following languages: C, C++, Java, or Python.
• Experience in Object-Oriented Design and programming concepts.
• Experience in software development in one or more general purpose programming languages.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in distributed computing, information retrieval, data mining and machine learning.
• Interest in or exposure to networking technologies/concepts such as Software Defined Networking (SDN) and OpenFlow.
  
  

About The Job

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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

B4 is Google’s SDN backbone, the largest private WAN in the world. Our WAN Core team designs, builds, and operates Google's massive global private WAN network, B4. Join us to deliver the networking that enables all Google’s technical infrastructure.

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.

Responsibilities

• Oversee data analysis from production data to find gaps/error patterns/opportunities for existing system.
• Design, develop, integrate and test the features for B4 availability, scaling, NPIs.
• Debug/root cause issues in highly integrated B4 ecosystem, including traffic engineering and admission control.
• Prioritize work and ensure that incremental progress is made even if the problems at hand are difficult to solve in a short period of time.
  
  
  

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