Principal Engineer, GDC Storage & Data Protection

Google LLC; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 307,000 - 427,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid Time Off: 20 days/year with accr.

Sick Time: 40 hours/year

Maternity Leave: 28-30 weeks

Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks

Holidays: 13 paid days

Job summary

Google is seeking a senior leader for the GDC Storage organization to own the storage strategy and execution across private and hybrid cloud deployments. You will guide engineers, partner with product management, and shape roadmaps for enterprise customers in government, retail, and telecom.

You will drive end-to-end technical strategy, balance reliability with speed, and ensure scalable file, block, and object storage. The role offers leadership influence, equity, and a full benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of cloud computing experience including enterprise applications, infrastructure, storage, platforms and data.
• 10 years of experience building enterprise storage systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with peer tech leads to develop a strategic roadmap to remediate reliability findings.
• Collaborate with a global team of engineers and product managers to balance architecture, time-to-market, and business goals.
• Drive systems, tools, and infrastructure roadmap to scale GDC Storage.
• Lead the overall Storage end-to-end technical strategy for GDC.

Skills

Cloud computing experience

Enterprise storage experience

Leadership experience

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Master's degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Kubernetes

System virtualization

Cloud platforms (IaaS)

Job description

Google is seeking a senior leader for the GDC Storage organization to own the storage strategy and execution across private and hybrid cloud deployments. You will guide engineers, partner with product management, and shape roadmaps for enterprise customers in government, retail, and telecom.

You will drive end-to-end technical strategy, balance reliability with speed, and ensure scalable file, block, and object storage. The role offers leadership influence, equity, and a full benefits package.