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Fractal is building a world where individual choices, freedom, and diversity are the greatest assets; an ecosystem where human imagination is at the heart of every decision. Where no possibility is written off, only challenged to get better. We believe that a true Fractalite is the one who empowers imagination with intelligence. Fractal has been featured as a Great Place to Work by The Economic Times in partnership with the Great Place to Work® Institute and recognized as a ‘Cool Vendor’ and a ‘Vendor to Watch’ by Gartner.\nPlease visit Fractal | Intelligence for Imagination for more information about Fractal.\nRole Overview\nWe are seeking a highly experienced Engineering Lead with deep expertise across both Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Google's internal First-Party (1P) Engineering Ecosystem.\nThis role goes beyond solution architecture. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on technical leader capable of driving architecture, engineering execution, delivery governance, reliability, and innovation across large-scale enterprise programs. You will serve as the technical authority for clients while mentoring engineering teams and ensuring delivery excellence.\nThe ideal candidate will have:\n10+ years of software engineering and distributed systems experience.\nStrong hands-on expertise building large-scale platforms using GCP.\nPrior Google experience or substantial exposure to Google's 1P ecosystem.\nExperience leading teams as a Technical Lead (TL) or Engineering Lead.\nDeep understanding of distributed systems, data platforms, AI/ML systems, and cloud-native architectures.\nProven ability to bridge technical strategy with hands-on execution.\nKey Responsibilities:\nTechnical Architecture & Vision\nDefine long-term technology roadmaps aligned with business objectives.\nLead architecture and design for data, analytics, AI/ML, and platform engineering initiatives.\nDesign scalable and resilient systems leveraging:BigQuery\nVertex AI\nDataflow\nDataproc\nCloud Composer\nEvent-driven and microservices architectures\n\nDrive engineering standards, code quality, platform governance, and architectural consistency.\nMake critical technology decisions considering scalability, reliability, maintainability, and cost efficiency.\nTranslate business requirements into technical specifications and executable engineering plans.\nFirst-Party Google Engineering Expertise\nCandidates with prior Google experience should demonstrate deep working knowledge of Google's internal engineering ecosystem, including:\nCompute, Serving & Deployment\nStrong understanding of Borg and large-scale cluster orchestration principles.\nExperience with Google's service deployment ecosystem including Boq, Pods, and microservice-based architectures.\nKnowledge of capacity planning, resource management, rollout strategies, and production deployment processes.\nStorage & Data Infrastructure\nExperience designing systems leveraging:Spanner\n Colossus (CNS)\nPlacer\n\nUnderstanding of data consistency, replication, distributed transactions, and geo-distributed storage systems.\nDevelopment Ecosystem\nDeep familiarity with:google3\n CitC (Clients in the Cloud)\nMonorepo development practices\n\nExperience managing complex dependency structures and large-scale codebases.\nStrong working knowledge of:Blaze\nBUILD files\nDependency management\nBuild optimization\n\nEngineering Excellence\nExperience with Google's:Code review culture\nCritique\nReadability standards\n\nAbility to establish engineering excellence through code quality, testing, and design reviews.\nServe as the technical quality bar for the program.\nObservability & Reliability\nExperience with reliability engineering practices.\nFamiliarity with:Monarch\nDapper\nProduction monitoring\nDistributed tracing\nService health management\n\nAI-Assisted Engineering\nFamiliarity with Google internal AI development tooling and developer productivity systems.\nExperience using AI-assisted development practices to improve engineering velocity and quality.\nExposure to tools such as JetSki and modern GenAI-enabled software development workflows is preferred.\nDelivery Leadership\nOwn end-to-end delivery of strategic client programs.\nEnsure successful execution across architecture, engineering, testing, deployment, and production support.\nLead distributed teams across multiple geographies.\nDrive governance, risk mitigation, dependency management, and stakeholder communication.\nStep into hands-on engineering during critical program phases when necessary.\nBalance short-term delivery goals with long-term platform sustainability.\nClient Leadership\nServe as trusted technical advisor to senior client stakeholders.\nLead architecture reviews, strategy discussions, and executive presentations.\nTranslate complex technical concepts for both engineering and business audiences.\nIdentify opportunities to drive innovation and business impact through technology.\nTechnical Leadership & Team Development\nA successful Engineering Lead will demonstrate:\nTechnical Vision\nConvert ambiguous business problems into executable technical solutions.\nCreate clear engineering roadmaps and architectural direction.\nTeam Enablement\nIdentify roadblocks before they impact delivery.\nManage dependencies across engineering, product, security, infrastructure, and platform teams.\nDrive alignment and execution across multiple stakeholders.\nMentorship & Talent Development\nMentor engineers and technical leads.\nDelegate effectively while maintaining accountability.\nFoster a culture of technical excellence, learning, and innovation.\nHelp engineers grow through coaching, design reviews, and stretch opportunities.\nRequired Qualifications\nEngineering Experience\n10+ years of software engineering, data engineering, or platform engineering experience.\nProven leadership as an Engineering Lead, Technical Lead, Staff Engineer, or Principal Engineer.\nExperience delivering enterprise-scale distributed systems.\nGoogle Cloud Expertise\nHands-on expertise with:\nBigQuery\nDataflow\nVertex AI\nDataproc\nCloud Composer\nGKE\nCloud Run\nServerless technologies\nProgramming\nStrong proficiency in:\nPython\nGo\nData Systems\nExperience with:\nSQL\nPLX\nDremel\nSpanner\nDistributed data platforms\nDevOps & MLOps\nCI/CD pipelines\nInfrastructure as Code\nContainerization\nKubernetes\nAutomated testing\nMLOps platforms\nPreferred Google Experience\nStrong preference for candidates with:\nPrior Google engineering experience.\nExperience building and operating systems inside the Google 1P ecosystem.\nExposure to Borg, Spanner, Blaze, Monarch, Dapper, google3, Critique, and related internal tooling.\nPay:\nThe wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Fractal, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the starting base range is: $225,000. In addition, you may be eligible for a discretionary bonus for the current performance period.\nBenefits:\nAs a full-time employee of the company or as an hourly employee working more than 30 hours per week, you will be eligible to participate in the health, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability plans in accordance with the plan documents, which may be amended from time to time. You will be eligible for benefits on the first day of Employment with the Company. In addition, you are eligible to participate in the Company 401(k) Plan after 30 days of employment, in accordance with the applicable plan terms. The Company provides 11 paid holidays and 12 weeks of Parental Leave. We also follow a “free time” PTO policy, allowing you the flexibility to take the time needed for either sick time or vacation.\nFractal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.\nIf you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!\nNot the right fit? 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