Software Engineer, PhD, Early Career, 2026 Location: Google, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Experience Level: Mid

Overview 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 various areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, and natural language processing.

As a software engineer, you will work on critical projects for 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.

Responsibilities

- Define and drive the technical goal for next-generation distributed systems.
- Design, develop, and implement scalable, reliable, and high-performance large-scale distributed systems.
- Apply specialized research expertise to the design, analysis, and development of complex systems across the stack.
- Investigate, diagnose, and resolve technical issues by analyzing root causes and impacts.
- Write and review code, ensuring adherence to best practices in style, accuracy, testability, and efficiency.

Minimum Qualifications

- PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Experience in software development, focusing on areas such as large-scale distributed systems, AI/ML, networking, data storage, or security.
- Experience in the 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: C, C++, Python, Java, or Golang.

Preferred Qualifications

- 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.

About the Job As a key member of a small and versatile team, you will design, test, deploy, and maintain software solutions. We seek cutting-edge engineers with various expertise within Google Cloud's AI and Infrastructure (AI2) organization, which creates groundbreaking AI/ML capabilities. Your specialized research expertise will be instrumental in solving complex, real-world problems on an unprecedented scale, engaging in innovative projects spanning AI/ML, networking, data storage, security, and distributed systems.

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📌 Software Engineer, PhD, Early Career, 2026 (India)
🏢 Google
📍 India