Network Engineering

Build infrastructure that scales beyond Google’s ambitions.

Network Engineering

Build infrastructure that scales beyond Google’s ambitions. That’s what our Network Engineers do every day, and they design, maintain and operate both our production and corporate networks. Meeting service requirements in a reliable, scalable and cost-effective manner requires the ingenuity of a team who can identify technologies, define architectures and design methodologies. And who can do so at scale. With commitment to technical excellence, these teams investigate technical solutions on the latest issues - from public policy for broadband to core networking technologies - that ultimately enable Google to deliver the best user experience possible. In fact, it's this very work that lies at the core of what we do, allowing us to deliver our products and services to our users, customers and Googlers around the globe.

Life at Google in Network Engineering

Google's switch to the next wave of networking

Google's switch to the next wave of networking

Urs Hölzle details our adoption of the new, open-source infrastructure technology OpenFlow in this article ...

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The Google Gospel of Speed

The Google Gospel of Speed

"Speed isn’t just a feature, it’s the feature." So says Urs Hoelzle, head of our ...

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