Software Engineering Manager, GCE Node

Google

8 - 10 years

Hyderabad

Posted: 22/06/2025

Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
3 years of experience in a technical leadership role; overseeing projects, with 1 year of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.

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 Compute Engine (GCE) is the foundation of Google Cloud Platform, providing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to customers worldwide. In this role, you will be responsible for innovating at scale in virtualized storage, networking, telemetry, and customer workload management. You will have a direct impact on the continued success of GCE by ensuring robust, scalable, and cutting-edge infrastructure that powers virtual machine instances and bare metal solutions.

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

Build a brand new team of engineers to develop innovative observability and analytics infrastructure.
Provide long-term vision to build GCE AI/ML accelerator VM team to provide training, interference and high computing VM families. Own end to end responsibility of enabling the technology to deliver VM families, ensuring their Availability, Reliability, and Performance, working closely with partner teams to realize the vision.
Grow the team to expand new capabilities that extend beyond the immediate project.
Set and communicate team priorities that support the broader organization's goals. Align strategy, processes, and decision-making across teams.

About Company

Google is a multinational technology company founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. It is best known for its search engine but also develops products and services in areas like online advertising (Google Ads), cloud computing (Google Cloud), operating systems (Android, Chrome OS), web browsers (Chrome), and consumer electronics (Pixel devices, Nest). Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., its parent company formed in 2015. It plays a major role in shaping the internet, AI, and digital innovation globally.