Software Engineer III, Core Data (multiple openings)

Company: Google
Location: Madison, WI, USA
Type: Full-time
Posted: Nov 9, 2026
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Google's Core team is hiring a Software Engineer III to build the technical foundation for flagship products. The role requires 2 years of experience in software development with languages like C++, Java, or Go, plus expertise in areas such as ML infrastructure or low-level optimization. The US base salary range is $147,000-$211,000 plus a 15% bonus target and equity.

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.


The US base salary range for this full-time position is $147,000- $211,000 + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits determined by role, level, and location. Individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Learn more about benefits at Google.
  • Write software product or system code.
  • Design software modules and participate in design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
  • Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
  • Participate in software testing, e.g. develop unit tests and release tests.
  • Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback; and Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems, or a related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or in a Software Engineer-related occupation.
  • Position requires 2 years of experience in the following: Software development with C, C++, Java, Python, C#, Ruby, Rust, or Go; Data structures, algorithms, unit testing, source management, software requirements collection, software module design, and operating & debugging production cloud infrastructure; and In one of the following: Machine learning infrastructure, Data analysis using SQL, Information retrieval and ranking, Web UI design & implementation with javascript or typescript, API design for cloud infrastructure, or optimizing low-level CPU & memory operations at the machine instruction / cache-line level.

About the Company

Name: Google
Location: Mountain View, California

Google is a technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, a search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft.

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