Software Engineer, PhD, Early Career, 2026

Role overview

Software Engineer, PhD, Early Career, 2026 at Google

Required qualifications

• Minimum qualification: PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.; Experience in software development, with a focus on areas such as large-scale distributed systems, AI/ML, networking, data storage, or security.; Experience in architecture or development of distributed systems, including concurrency, multi-threading, or synchronization.; Experience in algorithms, complexity analysis, and system design.; Experience coding in one of the following programming languages including but not limited to: C, C++, Python Java or Golang.

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Preferred qualification: Experience in areas such as algorithms, architecture, artificial intelligence, compilers, databases, data mining, distributed systems, machine learning, networking, or general systems.; Expertise in designing and implementing complex systems for either production or experimental use.; Proficiency in performance analysis or the analysis of systems data.; Demonstrated success in publishing peer-reviewed articles in prestigious conferences or journals (e.g., ACL, KDD, SOSP, Nature).; Availability to commence a full-time position in 2026.; Exceptional engineering capabilities.

Employment details

• Location: Bengaluru [Karnataka] [India]

Application details

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