Senior Software Engineering Manager, Hardware and Infrastructure Platform Security

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation (20 days/year)

Sick time (40/69 hours/year depending)

Maternity leave (28-30 weeks)

Baby Bonding Leave (18 weeks)

13 paid holidays

Job summary

Google is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead engineers across multiple teams and locations, managing budgets and large-scale projects. You will drive technical leadership, contribute to product strategy, and help develop your team in areas spanning information retrieval, AI, NLP, distributed systems, networking, and security.

You will guide roadmaps, align goals, and oversee deployment of major initiatives across sites worldwide, acting as a mentor and architect for high-impact

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with software development.
• 7 years of experience building software for infrastructure security.
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 5 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role, and 1 year of experience as a manager of managers.

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 long-term technical goals and roadmaps for teams and align with future infrastructure needs.
• Oversee system designs within the broader area and review product or system development code.
• Lead engineering strategy for areas of Google’s production infrastructure security, defining architectures.

Skills

Software development

Infrastructure security

Technical leadership

People management

Manager of managers

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

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

Job description

In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Kirkland, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with software development.
• 7 years of experience building software for infrastructure security.
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 5 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role, and 1 year of experience as a manager of managers.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 5 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Embedded systems or reliability engineering experience.

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.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

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

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• Set and communicate team priorities that support the broader organization's goals. Align strategy, processes, and decision-making across teams.
• Set clear expectations with individuals based on their level and role and aligned to the broader organization's goals. Meet regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development and provide feedback and coaching.
• Develop the long-term technical goal and roadmap within, and often beyond, the scope of your teams. Evolve the roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs.
• Oversee systems designs within the scope of the broader area, and review product or system development code to solve ambiguous problems.
• Lead the engineering strategy for assigned areas of Google’s production infrastructure security, defining architectures encompassing hardware roots of trust, firmware, and system integrity.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .