Director, Platforms System Development Site Lead, GCP
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 25, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 17, 2026. Google scores B on the Alion truth index.
About the job
Google Cloud provides organizations with leading infrastructure, platform capabilities and industry solutions. We deliver enterprise-grade cloud solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology to help companies operate more efficiently and adapt to changing needs, giving customers a foundation for the future. Customers in more than 150 countries turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to solve their most critical business problems.
Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.
As Platforms System Development Site Lead, Google Cloud Platform - New Taipei City, you have the opportunity to shape the future of Google planet scale computing through innovation and introduction of new technologies in our hardware computing platforms. Based in APAC, you are well positioned to strengthen our engineering collaborations with the region’s computing development ecosystem to enable Google’s continued growth.
With technical and leadership expertise, you manage engineers across multiple teams, domains and locations, a large product budget and oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites internationally.
Google Engineers develop the next-generation of technologies that change how users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. As a Platforms System Development Site Lead, you and your team will work on hardware, firmware and systems projects to craft solutions for current and future data center deployments.
Responsibilities
- Build up Asia Pacific (APAC) engineering team that consists of hardware, firmware, software and verification engineering.
- Lead a team of engineers on products from architecture through to support of systems in the field.
- Understand technology roadmaps and make sure the team is well positioned to support future programs. Drive priorities and assignments of the team members.
- Gather requirements, with the larger team, to define high level architecture, collaborate with senior engineers across the team on design. Review and approve the detailed designs.
- Work closely with the technical program management team to generate program plans and then drive execution of the team to those plans.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related field or equivalent practical experience.
- 15 years of experience in technical leadership and people management.
- 10 years of experience in system design leadership or system hardware and software team management.
Preferred qualifications:
- PhD in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- 10 years of experience in architecture, design, development and deployment of large-scale systems to data centers, more specifically, Servers, Storage and Networking platforms.
- Effective communication skills and ability to work and lead effectively with cross-functional project teams.
- Exceptional analytical and organizational skills.
- Demonstrated track record of recruiting excellent engineers and building a technical bench.
- Expertise in solving complex system issues and technical innovation, leading high performance teams for breakthrough results, and leading a capable attractive and motivating team.