Tech Lead, TPU AI Infrastructure

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid Time Off: 20 days per year

Sick Time: 40 hours/year

Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability

Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks

Holidays: 13 paid days

Job summary

Google is seeking a Tech Lead for TPU AI Infrastructure to guide the on-prem AI hardware software stack and drive the technical roadmap across a distributed system. You will influence cross-functional teams, own architecture decisions, and shape platform capabilities to meet demanding performance and reliability requirements.

The role requires deep expertise in scalable infrastructure, wear many hats, and collaborate with leadership to deliver high-impact solutions while maintaining strong

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of software development experience in one or more languages.
• 5 years building large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.
• 5 years testing and launching software products.
• 3 years of software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Define the technical roadmap and architecture for inventory and fleet management, focusing on Temporal orchestration, automated node re-bootstrapping, and self-service remediation.
• Own architectural and design decisions for the platform, collaborating with leadership and cross-functional teams to prioritize efforts, resolve roadblocks, and manage technical debt.
• Establish and maintain machine health Service Level Objectives (SLOs), driving continuous improvements in fleet-wide observability and environmental monitoring.
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence by establishing shared responsibility models with tenant teams and enforcing robust system-level access guardrails.
• Coach and mentor engineers on the team, guiding their technical development and helping them grow their impact.

Skills

Python

C

C++

Java

JavaScript

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Kubernetes

ArgoCD

Temporal

Container orchestration

PXE

Job description

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XIn 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: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA .

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
• 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with Temporal orchestration workflows or similar workflow engines.
• Expertise in Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and container orchestration.
• Familiarity with hardware/software integration, hardware lifecycle, or bare-metal provisioning (PXE).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to manage stakeholder relationships and drive cross-functional alignment.

About the job

Google’s software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We’re looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

Our team is building the future of at-scale computing by delivering a groundbreaking, on-premises AI supercomputer—the next evolution of Google’s AI accelerator hardware. This is a rare opportunity to join a specialized team creating novel solutions for customers with sophisticated security and data locality requirements. You will be at the heart of building the next generation of AI hardware and the critical software that brings it to life, making a Google-scale impact on the future of AI.

We manage complex infrastructure, integrating with Kubernetes, Temporal, and custom orchestration tools to ensure our compute nodes meet rigorous health standards. We are evolving our infrastructure toward automated node repair, self-healing frameworks, and advanced fleet-wide observability to reduce manual operational overhead and build robust platform boundaries.

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 aboutbenefits at Google https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/ .

Responsibilities

• Define the technical roadmap and architecture for inventory and fleet management, focusing on Temporal orchestration, automated node re-bootstrapping, and self-service remediation.
• Own architectural and design decisions for the platform, collaborating with leadership and cross-functional teams to prioritize efforts, resolve roadblocks, and manage technical debt.
• Establish and maintain machine health Service Level Objectives (SLOs), driving continuous improvements in fleet-wide observability and environmental monitoring.
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence by establishing shared responsibility models with tenant teams and enforcing robust system-level access guardrails.
• Coach and mentor engineers on the team, guiding their technical development and helping them grow their impact.

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