Software Engineering Manager, Network Service Level Objective

Software Engineering Manager, Network Service Level Objective corporate_fare Google Sunnyvale, CA, USA Advanced Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain. Minimum qualifications: 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 or team leadership role. Experience with distributed systems and network infrastructure. 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 with Wide Area Network (WAN), data center networking, and reliability engineering. Experience partnering with Global teams. 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. The Network Service Level Objective (NetSLO) team operates the unified measurement infrastructure monitoring end-to-end availability and performance, including loss, latency, and bandwidth, for Google's global production and Cloud networks. Our mission is to provide ground-truth telemetry driving automated mitigation, alerting, and customer cloud metrics, manage highly scalable probing systems across thousands of clusters and virtual machines, and deliver insights to improve long-term infrastructure health. In this role, you will be a Sunnyvale-based Manager to lead this US team. You will build telemetry systems powering Google's massive-scale networks, managing architectural challenges to support rapid AI business growth. The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide. We're the driving team behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more. 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. Responsibilities Manage and mentor a fast-expanding team of Software Engineers, coordinating closely with an international sister team in Bangalore, India. Set clear expectations, support career growth, and provide regular feedback and coaching to help individuals grow. Define and drive the mid-to-long-term technical goals and roadmaps. Direct detailed OKR planning for major feature extensions and new network products across data-center fabrics and Google Global wide-area networks. Partner with Tech Leads to own and execute team OKRs. Proactively navigate resourcing and operational challenges while aligning team priorities and processes with broader organizational goals. Design, guide, and vet high-impact system architectures to support the rapid Alphabet’s network evolutions. Establish strong connections with key partner organizations and teams. 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