Senior Software Engineering Manager, Hardware and Infrastructure Platform Security

Google LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); 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 time off 20 days per year

Sick time 40 hours/year (69 in Seattle

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager for Hardware and Infrastructure Platform Security. The role leads multiple teams across locations, shaping strategy, budgets, and large-scale deployments.

Requires 5+ years in leadership and 8+ years in software development, with emphasis on security-focused infrastructure. Includes leadership across projects, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and accountability for technical roadmaps and execution.

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 the long-term technical goal and roadmap within, and often beyond, the scope of your teams.
• 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.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

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

Job description

Senior Software Engineering Manager, Hardware and Infrastructure Platform Security

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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.

• 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.

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
Learn more about benefits at Google .

• 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 and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

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