Senior Software Engineering Manager, Workspace, Google Cloud

Google • Sunnyvale, CA

1d • $248,000 - $349,000

About The Position

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward. With your extensive technical expertise you take initiative to independently design and implement new systems, designing, implementing, and testing multiple features with little or no direction from tech lead or manager. You collaborate with key stakeholders to determine future direction of work. Our mission is to provide the ultimate safety net for Google’s Workspace applications (Gmail, Drive, Chat, Groups, etc.). We build and operate Slice Backups, a specialized Spanner backup solution that provides Point-in-Time Recovery (PiTR) in the event of a data loss. 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with software development.
• 7 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 5 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building Backup and Recovery (B&R), Disaster Recovery (DR), or data protection systems at scale.
• Experience managing tier-1 critical infrastructure.
• Experience designing systems that manage PiTR or incremental data extraction.
• Understanding of databases (e.g., Spanner, or other database technologies) and storage (e.g., Colossus, Chronicle, Blobstore).
• Ability to navigate complex dependencies across multiple internal organizations.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the technical goal for the next generation of scalable, usable and maintainable Slice Backups and Restores.
• Manage and grow a team of Senior Software Engineers.
• Provide technical mentorship, career planning, and performance management.
• Own the product roadmap and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
• Drive the onboarding of massive, complex applications (e.g., entity store, meet, baggins) while maintaining strict Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for existing critical tenants like Gmail and Drive.
• Lead the design of distributed systems that support PiTR, and scale it to handle large-scale disasters.
• Partner with Spanner, Storage, and other Workspace application teams to ensure our backup solutions meet evolving product requirements and compliance regulations.
• Serve as the escalation point for critical recovery operations and drive a culture of reliability, ensuring our systems lack any zonal and regional failures.

What This Job Offers

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