Software Engineering Manager, Storage for AI Foundations

Google LLC
Kirkland, WA, United States
about 2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
8 years minimum
Compensation
$207,000.0 - $301,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Big Data C++ (Programming Language) Cloud Computing Data Compression Databases Database Design Software Debugging Distributed Computing Environment Distributed Systems Design of User Interfaces Information Retrieval
+10 more
Natural Language Processing Software Engineering Systems Architecture State Machines Caching Apache Flume Information Technology Low Latency Static Content Api Design

Job description

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.

The Caching group in Storage for AI Foundations builds and operates systems that enable first-party developers to write faster, more-efficient applications with less effort. We have a broad view of what it means to be a cache: we are generally interested in all non-authoritative application state, whether in-memory or in persistent storage.

Our systems include Slicer, Punctual (a cache invalidation system with strong semantics), Memstore (a next-generation in-memory key-value cache), and Static Content Serving (which serves most of the static resources at Google).

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $301000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits, * Mentor early-career software engineers (SWEs), help teams execute effectively, and facilitate relationships with cross-functional partners and customers across Google.

  • Provide engineering and management leadership.
  • Manage project schedules, identify execution risks, and clearly communicate them to project stakeholders.
  • Work with customer teams across multiple product areas (PAs) to understand requirements for caching services and applications.
  • Develop tools and processes to improve software engineering productivity of the team and organization.

Requirements

Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain., * Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 8 years of experience leading projects and designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting distributed systems.
  • 8 years of leadership and management experience.
  • Experience with distributed processing and large-scale data processing.
  • Experience with C++, Spanner, API Design, API Development, Database Design, Flume.
  • Experience with caching, content delivery, and cloud computing.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience in a related field.
  • Experience architecting, building, and maintaining large-scale, high-performance distributed systems.
  • Experience building/designing: distributed systems, replicated state machines, database systems, infrastructure systems, networking, storage systems.
  • Experience in distributed systems at the graduate level or above.
  • Experience with large-scale systems which involve low latency fan-out and fan-in. Experience with debugging and triaging issues for large-scale production systems.
  • Experience in people management, including setting technical direction, leading complex projects, and influencing executive stakeholders.

Benefits & conditions

XIn 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

About the company

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle’s EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .

If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form (https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2) .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees, or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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