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Google · 17 hours ago

Software Engineer, PhD, Early Career, Infrastructure, 2026 Start

Atlanta, GA

Full-time

Hybrid

New Grad, Entry Level

$141K/yr - $202K/yr

Google is one of the world’s leading suppliers and consumers of ML and AI technology. As a PhD graduate, you will work on critical projects and collaborate with various teams, contributing to products that are changing the world across many product areas including AI and Infrastructure.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Participate in or lead team projects to carry out design, analysis, and development of advanced systems across the stack, using your research expertise

Write documents that set new technical directions. Contribute to existing documentation or educational content, and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback

Study, diagnose and resolve complex technical issues by analyzing the sources of the issues and the impact on software, hardware, network, or service operations and quality

Develop code, review code developed by other developers, and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, accuracy, testability, and efficiency)

Qualification

PhD in Computer ScienceDistributed systemsProgramming languagesAlgorithmsMachine learningData analysisEngineering skills

Required

PhD degree in Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Experience coding in one of the following programming languages including but not limited to: C, C++, Python Java or Golang

Experience in one or more of the following: architecting or developing distributed systems, concurrency, multi-threading, or synchronization

Preferred

Research experience in algorithms, architecture, artificial intelligence, compilers, databases, data mining, distributed systems, machine learning, networking, or systems

Experience in designing and implementing a complex system, for production or experimental use

Experience with performance, reliability, systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging

Ability to start full-time role in 2026

Excellent engineering skills

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Company

Google

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Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.

Founded in 1998

Mountain View, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.google.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (8763)

2024 (8872)

2023 (9682)

2022 (11626)

2021 (9109)

2020 (9785)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$26.1M

Key Investors

Andy Bechtolsheim

2004-08-19IPO

1999-06-07Series Unknown· $25M

1998-11-01Angel· $1M

Leadership Team

Sundar Pichai

CEO

Thomas Kurian

CEO - Google Cloud

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