Google Fiber

Google Fiber

Backend Engineer

Sunnyvale, California, United States · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$177k-$195kDetected 8 days ago
JavaKotlinReactSpringDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentRedisGCPCloud PlatformsKubernetesDevOpsAPI DevelopmentRESTKafkaRabbitMQLLMsDesign SystemsLoad Balancing

About the role

  • And the job of creating better internet is never done - so we're growing!
  • GFiber is an Alphabet company that brings Google Fiber and Google Fiber Webpass internet services to homes and businesses across the United States.
  • Our teams are expanding as we connect more cities and people to exceptional internet.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and implementation of robust, scalable, and maintainable backend systems using microservice architecture principles. Define and enforce best practices for system design, including scalability, fault tolerance, and performance optimization.
  • Build and maintain high-quality backend services and RESTful APIs using Spring Boot and JVM languages (Kotlin and Java). Write clean, efficient, and testable code adhering to modern software engineering standards.
  • Design systems to handle high traffic and large datasets, leveraging distributed systems concepts such as load balancing, caching (e.g., Redis, Memcached), and message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ).
  • Create and maintain technical documentation for architecture, APIs, and processes to facilitate knowledge sharing and onboarding.
  • Deploy and manage containerized services on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) or Cloud Run.
  • Implement deep tracking and monitoring for non-deterministic AI agent behaviors using Google Cloud Observability (Stackdriver) or OpenTelemetry.
  • Work closely with frontend developers, DevOps engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver end-to-end solutions that meet business requirements.
  • Proven experience building applications that interact with Large Language Models (Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic) via Vertex AI or direct APIs.
  • Familiarity with agentic design patterns, including ReAct (Reasoning and Acting) loops, semantic routing, and guardrails against prompt injection/hallucinations

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information technology, a similar engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience with API development for customer-facing applications.
  • Experience working with, designing, and debugging distributed systems & microservices
  • Experience with the Backend-for-a-Frontend design pattern.

Compensation

  • The US base salary range for this full-time position is between $176,800 - $194,500 + bonus + benefits.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • This role is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
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