Principal Engineer, Rollouts

Google LLC; Leinster; On-site; EUR 232,000 - 237,000; Full time

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Bonus target

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Google LLC in Ireland is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the evolution of our internal Continuous Delivery system. The Rollouts team builds Google's primary deployment software, shaping APIs and improving CD performance while ensuring interoperability across tooling.

As Rollouts Technical Lead, you'll collaborate with Product Management, UX, TPM, Tech Writing, and multiple engineering groups to deliver safe, fast software. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent required.
• 15 years of engineering leadership or related technical experience.
• Experience defining system or process requirements for complex systems.
• Track record leading technical teams at executive levels within multinationals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the evolution of Google's internal CD system and standardize APIs.
• Drive platform-wide API-first infrastructure initiatives.
• Collaborate with PM, UX, TPM, Tech Writing and multiple engineering groups.
• Balance innovation with backwards compatibility while scaling integrations.
• Define comprehensive technical strategy for reliability and velocity.

Skills

Engineering leadership

System requirements definition

Executive collaboration

Mentoring

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

DevOps tooling

Job description

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• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in engineering leadership or related technical roles.
• Experience defining system or process requirements for systems.
• Experience leading technical teams and implementing engineering products at an executive level within multinational organizations.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience landing outcomes across a broad range of products and technologies, walking the line between necessary product heterogeneity and platform centralization.
• Experience leading large, fast-paced and dynamic engineering teams across multiple organizations.

Experience leading API-first infrastructure software development efforts, from design to troubleshooting, and proven ability to make well-supported tradeoffs in complex situations.

• Familiarity with the leading industry DevOps tooling and service management solutions.
• Track record of growing team capabilities through role modeling and mentoring.

About the job

Google is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the evolution of our internal Continuous Delivery (CD) system. The Rollouts team develops Google's primary production deployment software, which encompasses version changes, capacity management, and configuration changes. In this role, you will be responsible for crafting and executing a comprehensive technical strategy that will standardize APIs (REST, gRPC, etc.), dramatically enhance CD performance, and ensure robust interoperability with both internal and external tooling.

As the overall Rollouts Technical Lead, you'll build collaborative bridges across Google, including Product Management, UX, Program Management, Tech Writing, and multiple engineering organizations. You will directly shape how Google delivers software for both safety and velocity, enabling reliability, risk reduction, safety, compliance, and development velocity outcomes for server developers at Google while preserving the speed of innovation. You'll work with established systems that involve technical compromises and the need to balance innovation with backwards compatibility. In addition, you will drive the cultural and technical change necessary to scale and evolve industry integrations platform-wide.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

About the job

Google is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the evolution of our internal Continuous Delivery (CD) system. The Rollouts team develops Google's primary production deployment software, which encompasses version changes, capacity management, and configuration changes. In this role, you will be responsible for crafting and executing a comprehensive technical strategy that will standardize APIs (REST, gRPC, etc.), dramatically enhance CD performance, and ensure robust interoperability with both internal and external tooling.

As the overall Rollouts Technical Lead, you'll build collaborative bridges across Google, including Product Management, UX, Program Management, Tech Writing, and multiple engineering organizations. You will directly shape how Google delivers software for both safety and velocity, enabling reliability, risk reduction, safety, compliance, and development velocity outcomes for server developers at Google while preserving the speed of innovation. You'll work with established systems that involve technical compromises and the need to balance innovation with backwards compatibility. In addition, you will drive the cultural and technical change necessary to scale and evolve industry integrations platform-wide.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Ireland: €232000 - €237000 (EUR) + 30% bonus target + equity + benefits

• Lead the technical strategy for the Rollouts product portfolio with an API-first approach.
• Act as an innovation and unbiasing advocate, challenging the internal products’ tendency to follow the evolutionary path.
• Partner with product leads across multiple areas, on technologies up and down Google's tall and deep stack to set the technical direction for the team, and drive platform-wide initiatives delivering production platform solutions to Googlers.
• Partner across functions (e.g., Engineering, Product Management, UX, Technical Program Management) to integrate the API-first approach into all aspects of development, and pave the way for future industry integrations.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is your sole contractual partner with respect to equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right.