AI-Driven Database Ops Leader (Autonomous)

Google; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 262,000 - 364,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life, disabled

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

13 paid holidays

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Engineering Leader to direct a large, high-impact database platform and drive the Virtual DBA program within Google Cloud. You will mentor managers and engineers, shape technical strategy, and partner across teams to deliver autonomous, policy-driven operations while ensuring security and scale.

You will lead a talented team, guide architectural direction, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to scale the system, build tools, and foster innovation in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• 5 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
• 2 years of experience with GenAI techniques or GenAI concepts.

Responsibilities

• Direct, mentor, and grow an engineering team, directly managing Engineering Managers, architects, and backend platform engineers alongside the Databases UI team.
• Lead the execution of Virtual DBA, driving the transition of database operations from manual, reactive issue resolution to natural-language, policy-defined fleet operations running autonomously from Day 0 to Day 2.
• Partner with architects to guide the implementation of secure, production-grade agentic infrastructure, including multi-agent parallel execution, adaptive cognitive learning loops, and persistent background agents across Google Cloud databases.
• Oversee the delivery of developer and user tools, ensuring backend autonomous agent states are visualized in the Command Center, alongside the development of VS Code extensions, Agent Registries, and Skills Registries.

Skills

GenAI techniques

People management

Software testing

Software design

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Job description

Google is seeking a Senior Engineering Leader to direct a large, high-impact database platform and drive the Virtual DBA program within Google Cloud. You will mentor managers and engineers, shape technical strategy, and partner across teams to deliver autonomous, policy-driven operations while ensuring security and scale.

You will lead a talented team, guide architectural direction, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to scale the system, build tools, and foster innovation in a