Software Engineering Manager, Stubby C++
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 14, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 14, 2026. Google scores B on the Alion truth index.
About the job
Like 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.
With 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.
This is the team for you if you want to build infrastructure impacting every job at Google. We collaborate closely with GDM, cloud-TPU, kernel, and cloud networking teams to continuously innovate and optimize our stack.
In this role, you will deliver critical solutions, review cross-functional designs, mentor your team, and play a pivotal role in modernizing Google's foundational Remote Procedure Call (RPC) infrastructure.
The 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.
We'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.
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
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Responsibilities
- Manage and grow a high-performing team of software engineers. Oversee hiring, provide regular coaching and performance feedback, foster career development, and recognize achievements.
- Drive the development of new features for Stubby C++, addressing the pivotal requirements of major Google production services, including Gemini, Spanner, Blobstore, and Cloud.
- Lead large-scale initiatives to enhance the reliability, efficiency, and stability of the Stubby C++ stack. Act as a gatekeeper to ensure continuous performance improvements, where even tiny efficiency gains save massive amounts of energy.
- Collaborate effectively with other leads and partner teams (including host networking, security, protobuf, and server frameworks) across SVL, NYC, and BLR to drive strategy and end-to-end solutions.
- Define and own the long-term technical roadmap, managing project scoping and priorities to ensure the sustainable delivery of Google's bedrock internal communications.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development.
- 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
- 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
- 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
- Experience in software development using C++, and working with concurrency or performance optimization.
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 leading a group of engineers, setting technical direction, and managing project priorities, incorporating the experience to lead a group of engineers with technical direction and priorities.
- Strong technical experience in Concurrency, Networking, Performance Optimization, and Distributed Systems.
- Experience or familiarity with additional programming languages such as Go, Java, or Python.