Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development.
5 years of experience with large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.
Experience in designing and operating scalable, fault-tolerant systems.
Proficient in network routing protocols and troubleshooting in production environments.
Responsibilities
Lead the architectural evolution of distributed control and data planes for Google Cloud Interconnect.
Serve as the technical lead for software engineers, managing multi-quarter initiatives.
Diagnose and resolve complex architectural issues to enhance data security and system availability.
Deliver robust code in C, Go, or Python while promoting an AI-first engineering culture.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align roadmaps and manage dependencies.
Benefits
20% bonus target
Equity benefits
Comprehensive health coverage
Generous paid time off
Professional development opportunities
Full Job Description
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Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development.
5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems, with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance, and reliability.
Experience working with algorithms, data structures, analysis, and software design.
Experience with network routing protocols (e.g., BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, MPLS) and troubleshooting in a production environment.
Preferred qualifications:
Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
Experience in software-defined networking, virtualized data planes, network security, or network control planes and protocols.
Experience leading AI-first engineering practices, leveraging LLMs, agentic workflows, and system automation to accelerate development velocity.
Experience diagnosing and resolving systemic troubleshooting, performance, and reliability issues in distributed control and data plane systems.
Experience in engineering people management, including coaching, performance management, and team growth, or interest in becoming a tech lead manager.
About the job
With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.
Lead architectural evolution of GCI's distributed control and data planes, translating complex product and scale requirements into technical specifications aligned with Google Cloud networking strategy.
Serve as technical lead for software engineers, owning multi-quarter initiatives for Google Cloud Interconnect (GCI), defining team roadmaps, and driving execution of reliable production systems.
Diagnose and resolve complex architectural issues across GCI's distributed control planes, virtualized core, and physical edge, driving improvements in data security, sub-second route convergence, hitless migrations, and 99.99% availability.
Deliver robust code in C , Go, or Python while advocating an AI-first engineering culture integrating agentic workflows and automation to accelerate velocity, leading design reviews, and mentoring engineers.
Partner with Product, SRE, Security, and Partner Engineering teams to align multi-quarter roadmaps, manage cross-organization dependencies, and drive consensus to deliver complex hybrid and AI-scale cloud offerings.
About Google
Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
