Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, Javascript).
- 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role; overseeing projects, with 2 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.
- 2 years of experience building and designing distributed, large-scale cloud systems, with experience in event driven systems (orchestration, scheduler, tasks, etc.).
- Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
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About the job
Google's software developers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for software developers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software developer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our software developers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.
With your extensive technical expertise you take initiative to independently design and implement new systems, designing, implementing, and testing multiple features with little or no direction from tech lead or manager. You collaborate with key stakeholders to determine future direction of work.
Service Orchestration builds services and products to enable our customers to develop Event Driven systems (EDA). In this role, you will drive two of those products: Cloud Scheduler and Cloud Tasks. Cloud Tasks is a fully managed Google Analytics product that allows customers to manage the execution, dispatch and delivery of distributed tasks. Cloud Scheduler is a fully managed service that allows users to configure regularly scheduled tasks that operate at defined times or regular intervals.
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.
Responsibilities
- Manage Software Developers, provide coaching, set expectations, provide actionable feedback, identify growth opportunities, manage performance, and hire.
- Set clear expectations with individuals based on their level and role and aligned to the broader organization's goals. Meet regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development and provide feedback and coaching.
- Develop the mid-term technical goal and roadmap within the scope of your team. Evolve the roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs.Contribute to and execute on the long term technical strategy for the team, in partnership with other technical leads.
- Approve team design docs and launch docs for technical readiness.
- Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).