Staff Software Engineer, Technical Lead, Network Connectivity Gateway

Define and drive the multi-year technical strategy, architecture, and long-term roadmap for the NCG data plane across all Google Cloud products it supports.Design, build, and deliver new data plane features from design through laun.Improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of the NCG data plane.Collaborate with product management, control plane, SRE, and partner teams to define requirements and deliver integrations.Review designs and code, and set engineering standards for quality, testing, and operational excellence.Minimum qualifications:Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.8 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks.5 years of experience with software design, system architecture, and packet forwarding architecture.Experience with Linux kernel internals, user space networking, and low-latency networking.Experience providing technical leadership on projects.Preferred qualifications:Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.Experience with Linux kernel networking (e.g., eBPF, XDP) or kernel-bypass frameworks (e.g., DPDK, Netmap).Experience with Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), Virtual Routing and Forwarding, and routing in multi-region or multi-tenant cloud environments.Experience with overlay and tunneling protocols (e.g., GENEVE, VXLAN, IPsec).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.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: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefitsLearn more about benefits at Google.Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.8 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks.5 years of experience with software design, system architecture, and packet forwarding architecture.Experience with Linux kernel internals, user space networking, and low-latency networking.Experience providing technical leadership on projects.