Senior Software Engineering Manager, Google Compute Engine

Socket.dev; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 262,000 - 364,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target 25%

Benefits

Job summary

Google Cloud's IaaS organization seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead and grow multi-team efforts for Bare Metal and Memory Optimized instances.

You will guide hardware platform engagement, software development, launch, and post-launch support while shaping product strategy and team development across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin or Go.
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 5 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and expand software engineering teams while partnering with stakeholders to define and execute the strategic roadmap for Bare Metal and Memory Optimized instances.
• Drive the full engineering lifecycle for new offerings, managing hardware platform engagement, software development, launch, and post-launch support.
• Oversee secure, scalable system-level architectural design and implementation across virtualization and hardware-software interfaces.
• Align closely with cross-functional hardware, platform, kernel, networking, storage, and SRE teams to deliver seamless, integrated cloud solutions.
• Maintain high operational standards for production services while advocating for customer needs and continuously optimizing development processes.

Skills

C++

Java

Python

Kotlin

Go

Leadership

People management

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree, or equivalent

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Cloud virtualization

Bare metal as a service

Cloud infrastructure systems

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin or Go.
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 5 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Experience with complex technologies software and cloud infrastructure systems.
• Experience with New Product Introduction.
• Experience with cloud virtualization, bare metal as a service.
• Experience collaborating effectively with multiple stakeholders and teams.
• Knowledge of server hardware architecture - CPU, Memory, NIC and storage with excellent verbal and written communication skills.

About the job:

Like Google's own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer goes beyond just Search. Software Engineering Managers have not only the technical expertise to take on and provide technical leadership to major projects, but also manage a team of Engineers. You not only optimize your own code but make sure Engineers are able to optimize theirs. As a Software Engineering Manager you manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. Teams work all across the company, in areas such as information retrieval, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, security, data compression, user interface design; the list goes on and is growing every day. Operating with scale and speed, our exceptional software engineers are just getting started -- and as a manager, you guide the way.

With technical and leadership expertise, you manage engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget and oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites internationally.

As part of Google Cloud's Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) organization, the I/OSI team powers our customers' most demanding workloads. We own the strategy and delivery for our Specialized Compute Instances (Memory, Storage, and Network Optimized) and drive the roadmap for integrating cutting-edge BareMetal technology into Google Compute Engine (GCE).

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.

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

US: $262000 - $364000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and expand software engineering teams while partnering with stakeholders to define and execute the strategic roadmap for Bare Metal and Memory Optimized instances.
• Drive the full engineering lifecycle for new offerings, managing hardware platform engagement, software development, launch, and post-launch support.
• Oversee secure, scalable system-level architectural design and implementation across virtualization and hardware-software interfaces.
• Align closely with cross-functional hardware, platform, kernel, networking, storage, and SRE teams to deliver seamless, integrated cloud solutions.
• Maintain high operational standards for production services while advocating for customer needs and continuously optimizing development processes.