Software Engineering Manager, WAN Core

3 Months ago • 8-11 Years • Research & Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Software Engineering Manager at Google, you'll lead a team of engineers responsible for the design, development, and operation of Google's global private WAN network, B4. You'll manage a team of engineers working on Network Control Service (NCS) Optionality, prioritize work, ensure incremental progress, and develop and test features for B4 availability, scaling, and NPIs. You'll also debug and root cause issues in the highly integrated B4 ecosystem, including traffic engineering and admission control. This role involves providing technical guidance to team members and partner teams, and ensuring they solve the right problems at the right time.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 8 years of experience with software development (C++)
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role
  • 2 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role
  • Experience with distributed systems
Good to have:
  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field
  • Experience with Software-Defined Networking, Networking, Networking Protocols
  • Experience with Integration Testing
  • Knowledge of Go

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience with software development (C++).
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role; overseeing projects, with 2 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.
  • Experience with distributed systems.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
  • Experience with Software-Defined Networking, Networking, Networking Protocols.
  • Experience with Integration Testing.
  • Knowledge of Go.

About the job

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.

Our WAN Core team designs, builds, and operates Google's massive global private WAN network, B4. B4 is Google’s SDN backbone, the largest private WAN in the world. Most of Google’s inter-data center traffic is carried by B4.

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.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a small team of engineers working on Network Control Service (NCS) Optionality.
  • Prioritize work and ensure that incremental progress is made even if the problems at hand are difficult to solve in a short period of time.
  • Design, develop, integrate and test the features for B4 availability, scaling, NPIs. Debug/Root cause issues in highly integrated B4 ecosystem, including traffic engineering and admission control.
  • Help team members and partner teams understand the broader context, and solve the right problems at the right time.

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