Software Engineering Manager, Cloud DNS Authoritative Name Serving

Google•New York, NY

5d•$207,000 - $300,000

About The Position

The Software Engineering Manager leads engineering work for Google Cloud’s authoritative DNS serving systems, spanning public and private DNS serving, health checking, state distribution, and DNS APIs. The role combines technical leadership of large-scale software projects with management and development of an engineering team. It includes managing project goals, contributing to product strategy, supporting engineers’ technical work, and overseeing large-scale deployments across multiple sites and locations. The manager guides the authoritative DNS stack and partners with other teams to deliver predictably at a Tier-0 reliability bar. The role manages a team of nine engineers, develops mid-level talent into senior leads, and partners with staff technical leads on role definition, system design, and execution quality. It also owns partner relationships and roadmaps across multiple Google Cloud teams, and advocates for agentic and AI-first workflow tools that help engineers tackle complex problems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development.
3 years of experience in a technical leadership role overseeing projects.
Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems, with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance, and reliability.
Experience with networking technologies including Software Defined Networks, DNS, Software Load Balancers, Network Authentication, and Identity Management.
Experience in a technical leadership role managing a team of engineers.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
Experience building distributed systems.
Experience using cloud technologies.
Experience with DNS or other low-level internet protocols.
Ability to adapt to changing requirements and manage uncertain environments.
Ability to execute tasks and deliver results.

Responsibilities

Guide the authoritative DNS stack across public and private serving (Zonodine, GCE DNS), health checking, global, regional, and zonal state push (AuthV, GRAMP), and DNS APIs and CLHs.
Deliver predictably at a Tier-0 bar with partner teams by preempting blockers, managing high-priority and re-staffing decisions across the partner Resolver team, and maintaining high reliability, availability, and on-duty health.
Manage a team of nine engineers and develop mid-level talent into senior leads.
Partner with staff technical leads on role definition, system design, and quality execution.
Own partner relationships and roadmaps by building relationships across Compute, GKE, Serverless, Agent Cloud, Service Networking, and Security, and translating early partner needs into clear, mutually committed roadmaps.
Advocate for agentic and AI-first workflow tools to empower engineers to solve larger, complex problems independently.
Manage project goals, contribute to product strategy, and help develop the engineering team.
Oversee deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites internationally.