Engineering Manager, Node Performance & Infra

Google Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA seeks an Engineering Manager for the Node Performance Team to lead multiple engineers across sites, shaping roadmap and project delivery. You will mentor engineers, align priorities, and drive performance-oriented infrastructure initiatives.

Responsibilities include managing budgets, coordinating across teams, and guiding technical design while maintaining a healthy team culture that emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and high-quality software at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Set and communicate team priorities that support the broader organization's goals.
• Set clear expectations with individuals based on their level and role and provide feedback and coaching.
• Develop the mid-term technical goal and roadmap within the scope of your (often multiple) team(s).
• Evolve the roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs.
• Design, guide and vet systems designs within the scope of the broader area, and write product or system development code to solve ambiguous problems.
• Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).

Skills

Software development

Large-scale systems

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

People management

Compute technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Linux

C++

Cluster management

Performance optimization

Job description

Google Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA seeks an Engineering Manager for the Node Performance Team to lead multiple engineers across sites, shaping roadmap and project delivery. You will mentor engineers, align priorities, and drive performance-oriented infrastructure initiatives.

Responsibilities include managing budgets, coordinating across teams, and guiding technical design while maintaining a healthy team culture that emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and high-quality software at scale.