
Software Engineer III, Infrastructure
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Job overview
Google seeks a software engineer to work on Linux kernel subsystems that enable virtual machines and support Google Compute Engine. The role focuses on IOMMU features and issues, with work spanning kernel and userspace development. The engineer will also engage with the upstream community and collaborate across teams to advance IOMMU support, security, reliability, and performance.
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Minimum qualifications:
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Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
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2 years of experience with software development or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
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2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
Preferred qualifications:
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Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or related technical fields.
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2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
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Experience developing accessible technologies.
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Experience in Kernel-Based Virtual Machine.
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.
In this role, you will be responsible for every subsystem in the Linux kernel that makes virtual machines run. Your work will directly impact how Google offers its services to billions of customers, and it is also the underlying foundation of the Google Compute Engine product portfolio. As a team of virtualization experts, you will participate in industry conferences and advocate initiatives that shape the future of this field.
Our Platforms Infrastructure Engineering team designs and builds the
hardware and software technologies that power all of Google's services. Our computational challenges are complex and unique, enabled by cutting-edge custom hardware designed and made in-house. As a hardware engineer, you will design and build the systems that are the heart of the world's largest and most powerful computing infrastructure. You will see those systems from concept all the way through to high-volume manufacturing. Your work has the potential to shape the machinery that goes into our data centers, affecting millions of Google users.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .
Responsibilities
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Plan, design, develop, test, and maintain IOMMU features across kernel and userspace.
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Triage, investigate, and resolve IOMMU issues in the Linux kernel.
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Improve security, reliability, and performance of IOMMU in the Linux kernel.
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Engage the upstream community to improve the IOMMU support in Linux, support innovation, and meet Google's goals.
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Collaborate within the team and across teams and organizations.
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How this job compares
Set against the 34,885 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$147–210K/yr
- California median$165–246K/yr7,408 salary ranges
- US median$140–222K/yr28,048 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $179K, is 13% below the California median midpoint ($205K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 9,190 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 34,885 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 28,135 postings).
- Education
- 12,578 of the 34,885 open Software Engineer jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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