Technical Lead, System Test

9 Hours ago • 8-15 Years • Quality Assurance • Research & Development • $248,000 PA - $349,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Technical Lead, System Test, you'll be responsible for creating and aligning testing roadmaps and strategies with stakeholders, ensuring infrastructure components meet security and compliance requirements, and providing release quality signals to inform leadership decisions. You will partner with engineering teams to improve testing processes, collaborate on framework development, and contribute to engineering excellence. This role requires extensive experience in software development, infrastructure, and testing, with a focus on building scalable and reliable systems. The position involves working in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving the quality and speed of software delivery at Google.
Must have:
  • 8+ years software development experience
  • 7+ years infrastructure/distributed systems experience
  • 5+ years software testing and launch experience
  • Create testing roadmaps and strategies
  • Ensure infrastructure security and compliance
Good to have:
  • Master's degree in Engineering or Computer Science
  • Experience in a technical leadership role
  • Experience with complex, matrixed organizations
Perks:
  • bonus
  • equity
  • benefits

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development and design.
  • 7 years of experience building and developing infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
  • 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, a technical related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.
  • 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  • 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.

About the job

A line of code can be many things - an amazing feature, a beautiful UI, a transformative algorithm. The faster this line of code reaches millions of users, the sooner it impacts their lives. As a Software Engineer, Tools and Infrastructure, you will be at the heart of Google’s engineering process building software that empowers engineering teams to develop and deliver high quality products quickly. We are focused on solving the hardest, most interesting challenges of developing software at scale without sacrificing stability, quality, velocity or code health.

We ensure Google's success by partnering with engineering teams and developing scalable tools and infrastructure that help engineers develop, test, debug and release software quickly. We impact thousands of Googlers and billions of users by increasing the pace of product development and ensuring our products are thoroughly tested. We are advocates for code health, testability, maintainability and best practices for development and testing.

Having access to all of Google's platforms and vast compute resources provides a unique opportunity to grow as an engineer. We typically work in small, nimble teams that collaborate on common problems across products and focus areas. As a result, the exposure to this broad set of problems provides technical challenges as well as accelerated career growth. 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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $248,000-$349,000 + 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 .

Responsibilities

  • Create and align testing roadmaps and strategies with stakeholders.
  • Ensure infrastructure components meet security and compliance requirements.
  • Provide release quality signals to inform leadership go/no-go decisions.
  • Partner with engineering teams to shift testing left and maintain a healthy tip-of-tree.
  • Collaborate with engineering productivity and lab teams to provide the testing framework, tooling, and infrastructure needed for engineering excellence.

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