Principal Engineer, Google Cloud Business Platform, GTMX - Google
Sunnyvale, CA
About the Job
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 15 years of experience in software engineering or related field.
- Experience building software and distributed systems at scale, and working on enterprise cloud applications and products.
- Experience with the software development lifecycle process, including analysis and design, APIs, development tools and technologies.
- Experience guiding and influencing software engineers without direct management responsibility, working with data, APIs, and metrics oriented products.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in full lifecycle product and end-to-end software development including: product vision and roadmap execution, durable engineering systems builds, coaching high-talent engineering teams, and launching high-visibility, scalable and reliable products on time.
- Experience balancing engineering priorities against timelines, execution urgency, and innovation.
- Ability to set and drive the “big picture” strategy for the engineering team, while also contributing directly and providing detailed guidance on individual projects.
- Excellent communication skills, with ability to influence without authority and work with technical/cross-functional teams.
- Excellent innovative problem-solving skills, and comfortable with new technology/ambiguity to develop short- and long-term creative solutions.
About the job
Google Cloud Business Platform (GCBP) is a unified platform that streamlines workflows, fosters collaboration, and provides a cohesive, efficient ecosystem for customers, partners, and Googlers. Within GCBP, the GTMX organization is responsible for the experiences that enable customers to effortlessly discover, purchase, manage, and optimize Google Cloud solutions, partners to efficiently onboard, collaborate, and scale their businesses, and Googlers to effectively manage customer and partner relations, drive growth, and deliver exceptional support. GTMX provides an integrated suite of Products (Applications & Services) that leverage AI to improve efficiency, deliver delightful end-user experiences, and adapt to rapidly evolving Customer, Partner, and business needs.
As a Principal Engineer within GTMX, you will guide the architecture of highly scalable enterprise applications used by all Google Cloud customers and partners, as well as many Googlers. You will have technical oversight of first-party platforms and related aspects of architecture, technology platform choices, features, and consult on the designing and planning for integration of third-party technologies. You will act as an escalation point for particularly complex technical decisions and function as a trusted partner for defining both short-term tactical approaches and longer term strategies. You will coach Software Engineers and teams, and set organizational engineering excellence best practices. Working closely with counterparts across GCBP and other Google Cloud teams, you will drive technology innovation that has a significant, real-world impact in enabling Google Cloud’s continued growth and leadership.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $278,000-$399,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical vision and strategy for the GCBP GTMX organization. Contribute to the broader Google Cloud Business vision.
- Deliver high quality and impactful launches through close partnership with all of GCBP and the Google Cloud Business teams.
- Build a collaborative work environment, helping others in the organization execute to their maximum potential, and actively develop and expand talent through effective mentoring and coaching.
- Partner closely with Product Management, Program Management, and other teams to create, drive, and deliver an innovative, compelling experience to our customers. Identify and solve cross-functional and inter-team issues efficiently.
- Lead software development efforts by driving architecture selection, software design, execution, and operations to build out architectures that are resilient to change.