Senior Software Engineering Manager, Virtual Storage

Minimum qualifications Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. 8 years of experience in 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. Ability to communicate in Mandarin and English fluently to partner with local clients and regional partners. Preferred qualifications Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field. 5 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization. Experience in Storage and Virtualization technologies. Experience with storage networking protocols (e.g., NVMe, SCSI, iSCSI, or NFS). About the job Google will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require Google’s sponsorship of a visa. 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 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. Responsibilities Build a team of engineers that would be responsible for building SSD storage related products, features, reliability and performance. Set and communicate team priorities that support the broader organization’s goals. Align strategy, processes, and decision‑making across teams. Coordinate and communicate among multiple partner teams, including SSD hardware, Persistent Disk, VM virtualization/hypervisor, and others. Support critical customers with proactive escalation management and effective communication. Develop the mid‑term technical goal and roadmap within the scope team(s). Evolve the roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs. Design, guide and vet systems designs within the scope of the broader area, and write product or system development code to solve ambiguous problems. Provide long‑term goal for storage core features and performance, work closely with partner teams to realize the goal as it goes beyond the virtualization stack. Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form. #J-18808-Ljbffr