{"id":4013842,"url":"https://alion.io/job/google-software-engineering-manager-high-performance-networking","title":"Software Engineering Manager, High Performance Networking","company":{"id":82,"name":"Google","domain":"google.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/google","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Career site","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":78,"open_postings":132,"ghost_share":0.045,"stale_share":0.75,"repost_share":0.045,"time_to_fill_p50_days":30,"computed_at":"2026-11-10T06:52:35Z"}},"role":"Leadership","role_family":"Leadership","seniority":"lead","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Sunnyvale, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"C++","optional":false},{"name":"GCP","optional":false},{"name":"HPC","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":false},{"name":"TPU","optional":false},{"name":"Vertex AI","optional":false},{"name":"TCP/IP","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-10T07:06:31Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-10","last_verified_at":"2026-11-10T11:38:40Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"About the job\nLike 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.\nWith 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.\nJoin Google’s High Performance Networking (HPN) team to power the future of AI. As an Engineering Manager for the Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) Platforms team, you will lead a specialized group of systems and networking engineers building the infrastructure behind Google’s largest AI/ML training clusters, TPUs, GPUs, and Cloud HPC platforms. You will own the end-to-end RDMA stack, architecting next-generation SmartNIC and IPU software solutions from early silicon to global production. If you are passionate about Linux Networking, RDMA and hardware bringup, and mentoring engineering talent to optimize the world's most demanding machine learning and HPC workloads, we want you to lead our team.\nThe AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.\nWe're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.\n Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits\nLearn more about benefits at Google.\nResponsibilities\nDesign, architect, and implement high-performance, reliable network communication transports across multiple generations of SmartNICs and hardware platforms to support demanding HPC and ML workloads.\nProfile, tune, and optimize network performance end-to-end-from bare-metal hardware up to the application layer-and scale these solutions across business-critical production workloads.\nPartner with cross-functional engineering teams to drive technical alignment, foster a culture of shared innovation, and deliver seamless system integrations.\nLead, mentor, and scale a high-performing engineering team, advocating career growth and fostering a positive culture where technical perspectives thrive.\nDefine and drive the mid-to-long-term technical roadmap for your team, translating high-level business objectives into clear execution plans while balancing technical debt with product velocity.\nQualifications\nMinimum qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.\n8 years of experience in software development.\n3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.\n3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.\n2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.\nExperience with Remote Direct Memory Access and C++.\nPreferred qualifications:\nMaster's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.\n3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.\nExperience with TCP/IP, Virtualization, Network Virtualization, Cloud Networking, Hardware Architecture","description_format":"text","description_chars":4567,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":3,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Advertising","Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS)","Operating Systems","Video & Photo Sharing"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-10T11:38:40Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 8,371 · green card filings: 3","filings_12m":8371,"filings_prev_12m":9292,"green_card_filings_12m":3,"median_offered_wage_usd":192444,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-10T11:34:35+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":112}],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-10T12:38:44Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/google-software-engineering-manager-high-performance-networking","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/google-software-engineering-manager-high-performance-networking.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-10T12:38:44Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":29338,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":82},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=82"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fgoogle-software-engineering-manager-high-performance-networking"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fgoogle-software-engineering-manager-high-performance-networking"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fgoogle-software-engineering-manager-high-performance-networking"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/google-software-engineering-manager-high-performance-networking\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fgoogle-software-engineering-manager-high-performance-networking"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":4013842}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"google.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":4013842},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}