Software Engineering Manager, Google Hybrid Cloud Connectivity (Mandarin, English) - Singapore

GOOGLE ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Singapore is seeking an experienced professional to build and manage a Cloud Interconnect team. The role involves recruiting, leading engineers, and defining the technical roadmap. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree, significant software development experience, and fluency in Mandarin and English. This dynamic position requires strong leadership in a high-impact project environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years of experience in a people management role.
• Fluency in Mandarin and English.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and lead a new team of engineers.
• Develop the long-term technical goal and roadmap.
• Mentor and grow a team of talented engineers.
• Guide the design and architecture of complex systems.
• Align strategy across multiple teams.

Skills

C++

Go

Java

Python

Technical leadership

People management

Fluent in Mandarin

Fluent in English

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master's Degree or PhD in Computer Science

Job description

Product area

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Job description

In this role, you will build and operate (with SRE support) Cloud Interconnect, which virtualizes our edge and backbone, and allows enterprise customers to connect their on‑premises data centers/networks to GCP at 100 and 10 Gb/s speed. Interconnect has been one of the key features for GCP to onboard large enterprises and as such is a high impact project. You will also span in connecting smaller customers through partners, as well as building ultra‑low‑latency interconnects in order for customers to be able to use large file stores and databases operated by third‑parties, adjacent to (but not within) Google data centers. You will manage complexity from physical networks and routers through cloud virtualization.

You will help grow and manage a team in Hybrid Networking and Cloud Interconnect, a developer team with a strong and rapidly growing Cloud Product, lots of really interesting technical work, and interesting operational requirements.

Qualifications

Job responsibilities

• Recruit, hire, and lead a brand new team of engineers, establish a center of excellence for cloud networking technology in the Singapore development center.
• Develop and execute the long‑term technical goal and roadmap for differentiating hybrid Cloud networking products, ensure their availability, reliability, and performance.
• Mentor and grow a team of talented engineers. Set clear expectations, provide consistent feedback and coaching, and foster a culture of innovation and technical excellence.
• Guide the design and architecture of complex, large‑scale distributed systems. Write and review code to solve ambiguous problems and ensure adherence to best practices in accuracy, testability, and efficiency.
• Align strategy, processes, and decision‑making across multiple teams in various geographic locations to deliver time‑sensitive programs and meet future infrastructure needs.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development in one of the following: C++, Go, Java, or Python
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
• Ability to communicate in Mandarin and English fluently to partner with local clients and regional partners.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's Degree or PhD in Computer Science, or in a related technical field.
• 10 years of experience with software engineering, with 5 years of experience in technical leadership and people management.
• Experience in the design, implementation and delivery of scalable build/test/release infrastructure.
• Experience developing and leading teams with networking and distributed systems products.