Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, Cloud SQL Postgres
Overview:
In this role you contribute to the Cloud SQL platform by coding, reviewing, and shaping the system's development. You will work with cross-functional teams to improve fleet observability, reliability, and user onboarding experiences. You'll participate in design reviews, debug complex issues, and contribute to product-led growth initiatives and new integrations. The role combines hands-on engineering with systems-level thinking to support enterprise workloads on Google Cloud. Compensation / Benefitsbonus targetequitybenefitshealth insuranceretirement plancareer development
Responsibilities:
- Participate in and sometimes lead design reviews to select appropriate technologies
- Review code from peers to enforce best practices, quality, and testability
- Contribute to documentation and educational content updates
- Triage, debug, and resolve product/system issues by analyzing root causes and impact
- Enhance fleet observability and reliability for Cloud SQL to support enterprise customers
- Contribute to product-led growth initiatives and new user onboarding features
- Support zero-to-one infrastructure improvements for AIStudio integration
- Overhaul instance creation workflow infrastructure for scalability and efficiency
Key requirements:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience 2 years of software development experience with Go or C++2 years of experience building or maintaining database infrastructure, internals, or distributed database systems 2 years of experience in operating systems or Linuxcollaborationproblem-solvingclear communication Go or C++ developmentdatabase infrastructure and distributed database systems Linux/operating systems