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Job Details
Posted date: Mar 02, 2026
Location: Kirkland, WA
Level: Director
Estimated salary: $244,000
Range: $197,000 - $291,000
Description
Provide strategic leadership to the team by managing and coordinating the development of software systems and applications. Set and communicate team priorities that support the broader organization's goals. Align strategy, processes, and decision-making across teams. Set clear expectations with individuals based on their level and role and aligned to the broader organization's goals. Meet regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development and provide feedback and coaching. Develop the mid-term technical goal and roadmap within the scope of the teams. 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.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.
Google Compute Engine (GCE) Control Plane Framework team enables GCE to easily build, operate and evolve reliable, consistent and compliant service control planes. It does that by letting the Business Logic teams develop their code, and not worry about performance, reliability, scalability and compliance requirements, as we are managing it for them. Our teams are working on scalability, compliance and reliability support for Business Logic teams through services, practices and tooling to support and standardize the implementation across different business logic implementations.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s 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.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $197,000-$291,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical, or equivalent practical experience. 8 years of experience in software development. 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.Preferred qualifications: Experience working with two or more from the following: distributed and parallel systems, information retrieval, developing large software systems, or security software development. Experience with agile project management.