Software Engineering Manager, Cloud Security, Identity and Access Management

Google Inc.; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life, and long

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

PTO 20 days/year

Sick time 40 hours/year

Maternity leave 28–30 weeks

Baby bonding leave 18 weeks

13 paid holidays

Job summary

Google Kirkland, WA, is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead the Capsium Infrastructure team within Identity and Access Management. You will own a global serving platform delivering policy-based access checks across regions and services, shaping the architecture for high availability and low latency.

The role requires strong technical leadership, experience scaling platforms, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while partnering with SRE and cloud leaders.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or compute/storage hardware.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years of experience in people management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach a high-performing engineering team across Capsium Infrastructure.
• Define and drive a multi-year technical roadmap for GCP authorization infrastructure.
• Oversee complex projects through the full software lifecycle with high reliability and security.

Skills

Leadership

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

People management

Cloud security

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree or PhD

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Software Engineering Manager, Cloud Security, Identity and Access Management

Google Kirkland, WA, USA

Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders;deep expertise in domain.

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

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

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years of experience in a people management role managing direct reports.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Experience building Generative AI Agents.
• Experience with Cloud Identity and Access Management.

About the job

Google Cloud Platform Identity and Access Management team is a cornerstone of Google Cloud's security and success. Our mission is to deliver Google-level security, access control, and built-in intelligence to enterprise customers at global scale. Because security is a paramount concern for organizations adopting the cloud, identity and access management is one of our most critical and heavily used services.

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the Capsium Infrastructure team. In this role, you will own the global serving platform that provides reliable, policy-based access control checks across every region worldwide, supporting key services such as Google Compute Engine, Google Cloud Storage, Google Kubernetes Engine, and BigQuery. The team’s charter includes building high-capacity storage systems, group membership services, agentic authorization, and policy evaluation engines that process hundreds of millions of queries per second with minimal latency and high availability.

You will lead, grow, and strengthen high-performing engineering teams while demonstrating technical thought leadership, particularly in scaling platforms for an agentic access landscape. Partnering closely with Site Reliability Engineering and technical leaders across Google Cloud, you will navigate ambiguity to solve complex architectural challenges, balancing customer obsession, business priorities, and product excellence to deliver intuitive, highly secure infrastructure.

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: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

• Manage, coach, and support the career advancement of a high-performing engineering team while fostering a collaborative culture.
• Define and execute a multi-year technical roadmap for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) authorization infrastructure in alignment with broader Google Cloud reliability and security goals.
• Drive complex projects through the entire software lifecycle, balancing delivery goals with operational health and high quality.
• Provide technical direction and system design oversight for distributed, fault-tolerant infrastructure built for 99.999% availability. Maintain accountability for service service level objectives (SLOs), production resilience, security hygiene, and proactive capacity planning.
• Build strong partnerships across GCP teams to integrate platform capabilities and drive cross-organizational technical alignment.

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