Software Engineering Manager Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree, or equivalent practical experience. 8 years of experience in software development. 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role; overseeing projects, with 2 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role. 3 years of experience with embedded operating systems. Experience in C++ or Go development, Linux Internals, and Systems Infrastructure. Preferred qualifications: Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field. 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization. Experience with the Google development and production environment. Experience working with customers. Ability to work effectively at both the big-picture level and deep in the nitty-gritty-details. Passion for building large-scale distributed systems in the infrastructure technical space. Responsibilities: Guide a dedicated team in designing, prototyping, implementing, and testing APIs and large-scale distributed backend systems for the Node Platform. Manage the systems responsible for bringing up Google's production servers, deploying and configuring Node Software across the production fleet, and facilitating machine repairs. Collaborate closely with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to proactively maintain the quality and performance of the infrastructure. Collect requirements from various stakeholders (component maintainers, service owners, release coordinators) and lead the team to develop innovative tools and solutions that simplify their work and improve key metrics. Play a crucial role in deploying new custom Google hardware and managing all phases of the machine fleet life-cycle, from initial setup to repairs and decommissioning. 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.