Director of Engineering, Storage Infrastructure and Instances
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About the Role: Director of Engineering, Storage Infrastructure and Instances at Google
Google’s AI and Infrastructure (AI2) organization is dedicated to empowering customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability, and velocity. We are the foundational team behind Google and Google Cloud’s compute and AI/ML offerings, managing underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and critical infrastructure.
Google Compute Engine (GCE) provides a comprehensive suite of VM and Baremetal instances tailored for general-purpose, compute-optimized, memory-optimized, storage-optimized, and GPU/TPU-Accelerated workloads. GCE serves businesses of all sizes, from startups to large enterprises, supporting AI/ML, cloud-native, and mission-critical applications. We collaborate closely with hardware partners and Google’s engineering teams to integrate the latest advancements in CPU (x86/ARM), storage, network, and GPU/TPU virtualization, all fortified by robust security, reliability, and performance.
Google Cloud accelerates digital transformation for organizations globally, delivering enterprise-grade solutions built on Google’s cutting-edge technology. Customers in over 200 countries rely on Google Cloud as a trusted partner to foster growth and solve complex business challenges.
Responsibilities
- Be responsible for delivering the overall strategy, technical roadmap, execution and support of SSD based storage infrastructure for all GCE instances.
- Drive the roadmap, and oversee the smooth execution and delivery of storage-optimized instance family of products and related business outcomes.
- Own and drive storage offloads strategy and roadmap, as well as its execution across several teams across Google.
- Engage with and support the global customer base for both storage-optimized instances, as well as any other instances with SSDs attached.
- Manage, grow, and deliver through a geographically distributed team.
Minimum Qualifications
- 15 years of experience in software engineering.
- 10 years of experience in SSD storage domain or technologies directly related to storage.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related field.
- Experience with Google Cloud platform or any other major cloud provider.
- Experience with SSD technology, NVME protocol, and storage offloads in general.
Key skills/competency
- Storage Infrastructure
- SSD Technology
- NVMe Protocol
- Cloud Platforms (GCP)
- Software Engineering Leadership
- Technical Strategy & Roadmap
- Distributed Team Management
- Product Delivery
- Customer Engagement
- AI/ML Infrastructure
How to Get Hired at Google
- Research Google's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor to understand their 'Googliness'.
- Tailor your resume for Director of Engineering roles: Highlight extensive leadership experience (15+ years) in software engineering, specifically emphasizing your 10+ years in SSD storage domain and infrastructure expertise relevant to Google Cloud.
- Prepare for technical depth in storage: Brush up on SSD technology, NVMe protocol, and storage offloads. Demonstrate your ability to set technical strategy for complex storage systems.
- Showcase leadership and strategic thinking: Be ready to discuss how you've driven technical roadmaps, managed globally distributed teams, and engaged with customers for complex infrastructure products.
- Practice behavioral and situational interviews: Google emphasizes problem-solving, collaboration, and impact. Prepare STAR method stories demonstrating your leadership, conflict resolution, and strategic decision-making in large-scale engineering environments.
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