The Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure position at Google Public Sector focuses on developing and securing cloud platforms for government and educational institutions. The role requires deep expertise in software development and distributed systems, with an emphasis on reliability and operational excellence. Engineers will engage in the entire lifecycle of services, from design to deployment and maintenance. This position offers the opportunity to influence critical public sector services and drive technological advancements at scale.

• Must be a US Citizen to meet customer and compliance requirements.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages such as Python, C, C++, Java, or JavaScript.
• 3 years of experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems.
• 3 years of experience leading projects.
• Active, or the ability to obtain, Top Secret/SCI security clearance.

• Engage in and improve the whole life-cycle of Google Public Sector air-gapped services from inception and design to deployment, operation, and refinement.
• Support services before they go live through activities such as system design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, capacity planning, and launch reviews.
• Maintain services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health.
• Scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.
• Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems.

• Employees at Google are often offered benefits like comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) matching, and flexible work arrangements, among other benefits.