Engineering Manager, AI/ML Infrastructure

Google • Seattle, WA

8h

About The Position

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 Cloud GPU team is central to AI innovation, dedicated to building and maintaining an industry-leading GPU fleet and AI Platform. Our core mission is to empower Google Cloud's most sophisticated training and inference customers by providing unparalleled computational resources. We're responsible for the entire life-cycle of GPU offerings within Google Cloud, from the initial launch of new GPU families to ensuring their optimal reliability and operational excellence for AI workloads. Our team grows at the intersection of hardware, software, data science, and applied AI and is constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible in accelerated computing.

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 force 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience in cloud computing emerging technologies or related technical fields.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 3 years of experience with AI Platforms.
• 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) infrastructure engineers, overseeing a product roadmap and identifying opportunities for organizational growth.
• Architect and scale foundational AI/ML infrastructure within Google Cloud by developing new accelerator-based Virtual Machine (VM) families and supporting bare-metal GPU instances.
• Lead the engineering team responsible for monitoring and maintaining the health of GPU instances during data center deployment and customer delivery phases.
• Automate the management and life-cycle handling of GPU hardware by developing sophisticated tools, services, and AI-driven solutions to eliminate manual operational tasks.
• Engage and work closely with core customers as they explore and onboard our infrastructure.

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 (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees