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.

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team responsible for developing system software for storage devices and servers in Google data centers; drive all aspects of development including requirements definition, design, implementation, integration, test, release, monitoring, and sustaining.

• Discover opportunities for improvements in programs and workflows for better productivity and quality, and help the teams to create and deploy the improvement plans.

• Define a team structure, develop skills, offer mentorship, and recruit new members, to cultivate a growth mindset culture and grow the team.

• Act on behalf of the team to influence executive decisions, collaborate with partners, define and implement the best known practices, and contribute innovative ideas and skills to the team.

• Drive partnerships with various external component suppliers and manufacturing service providers (Contract Manufacturer (CM), Joint Development Manufacturer (JDM), Original Design Manufacturer (ODM)/Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)).

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 8 years of experience in system software development in C/C++.

• 7 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.

• Experience with software engineering practices, including release management, test automation, and quality assurance.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience in storage software stack, like system utilities, file systems, device drivers, and controller firmware.

• Experience in storage devices and interfaces, such as Hard Disk Drive (HDD), Solid State Drive (SSD), Network Attached Storage (NAS), Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA), Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), and Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe).

• Experience in enterprise storage servers, performance analysis, reliability engineering, and virtualization/acceleration.

• Experience in large-scale and secure fleet management of servers and components.

• Experience with Linux environments.