Engineer Manager II, Infrastructure Storage

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role; overseeing projects, with 2 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.
• 3 years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed storage systems.

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 in building reliable, scalable, and operationally excellent products.
• Ability to optimize system performance in a distributed storage environment by identifying bottlenecks, tuning critical paths, and improving resource allocation and utilization for both internal and external clients.

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.

Storage Infrastructure is responsible for the bedrock of Google's data services, the foundation for one of the largest storage systems on the planet. Our mission is to provide an extremely reliable and performant platform for all of Google's products. We support this by building the fundamental software that connects Google's services to the physical devices and infrastructure. You will lead a team that designs, develops, and operates the systems for low-level data access, resource allocation, at a truly massive scale. This is a unique opportunity to lead a team whose work is critical to the daily operation of the entire company.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 of engineers to shape the future of Google's durable storage, guiding the goal, strategy, and goals for your group.
• Mentor and coach team members, including technical leads, to develop their skills and careers.
• Drive software engineering projects from initial concept to delivery, making architectural and operational decisions to meet customer requirements and business objectives.
• Collaborate with teams across Google to enable the next level of scale and capabilities for storage while maintaining and improving system reliability.
• Uphold and improve engineering excellence by leading technical designs and best practices for both internal storage needs and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) goals.