Software Engineer Manager, Foundational HTTP Serving Platform

Software Engineer Manager, Foundational Serving Platform

Google Kirkland, WA, USA & Seattle, WA, USA

Benefits

• 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

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.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Experience with network protocols ( data transfer, or storage systems.
• Experience or strong interest in leveraging generative AI technologies and developer tools to optimize team velocity, code quality, and engineering efficiency.
• Demonstrated experience leading large distributed technical architecture problems.
• Demonstrated experience in building, testing and supporting managed services on the Cloud.

About the role

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. This is a high-visibility leadership role as a key part of Google's infrastructure. As the Engineering Manager for Hypertext Transfer Protocol ( serving infrastructure, you will shape the "front door" through which a significant portion of Google's data flows. You will manage the unique issues of modernizing a mission-critical service while it handles live, massive-scale traffic.

In this role is ideal for a leader who grows on distributed systems complexity, is excited to pioneer Artificial Intelligence-driven developer productivity workflows within their team, enjoys building and scaling high-performing teams, and wants to leave a lasting impact on the foundational architecture of Google Cloud.

Key Responsibilities

• Hire, mentor, and grow a team of high-performing engineers. You will cultivate a culture of technical excellence, operational and psychological safety, guiding career development for both executive and junior engineers.
• Define and drive the multi-year roadmap for the serving infrastructure's architectural evolution.
• Lead the team to deliver high-quality software on time. You will manage complex project lifecycles, from design and coding to global deployment and on-call health, ensuring the serving stack maintains its "tier-0" availability.
• Partner closely with multiple GCS teams, GCS Customers, and key internal customers to align roadmaps, gather requirements, and ensure this infrastructure meets the needs of its user base.
• Drive AI-assisted engineering practices across the team. Actively coach and empower engineers to leverage Generative AI tools to accelerate development, testing and operational support.

US: $207,000 - $301,000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Equal Employment Opportunity

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 also Google's EEO Policy, Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal, Belonging at Google, and How we hire.

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.