Senior Software Engineering Manager: Scale & Reliability

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding

Holidays

Job summary

Google LLC in Kirkland, WA is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager for the GCE Control Plane to lead multiple teams responsible for large-scale infrastructure and backend services.

You will mentor engineers, align product strategy with platform reliability, and drive disaster recovery, security and compliance initiatives. The role requires deep C++ expertise, 8+ years coding and 5+ years in leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++.
• 7 years of experience building large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 5 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Scale high-performing engineering teams across multiple sites.
• Define platform goals and drive reliability initiatives for the GCE Control Plane.
• Lead automated disaster recovery, and security/compliance programs for the stack.
• Partner with product, operations, and executive stakeholders to align roadmaps.
• Oversee project budgets and delivery of large-scale backend projects.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Distributed systems

Software architecture

Infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's or PhD (preferred)

Tools

C++

Large-scale infra

Compute/storage hardware experience

Job description

Google LLC in Kirkland, WA is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager for the GCE Control Plane to lead multiple teams responsible for large-scale infrastructure and backend services.

You will mentor engineers, align product strategy with platform reliability, and drive disaster recovery, security and compliance initiatives. The role requires deep C++ expertise, 8+ years coding and 5+ years in leadership.