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Software Engineering Manager, Kernel Development

Google
Sunnyvale, USA
Manager · 8+ years experience
Onsite
USD 207000-300000 / year
Discovered 1 weeks ago
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Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of systems software engineers, fostering a collaborative, and high-performance engineering culture.
  • Drive the architectural design, implementation, and optimization of core Linux kernel components to meet Google’s compute infrastructure demands.
  • Partner with other Tech Leads, and cross-functional partners to align execution roadmaps, set technical boundaries, and deliver on critical milestones.
  • Advocate engineering excellence, robust testing methodologies, and performance profiling to eliminate system regressions and data integrity risks.
  • Work closely with platform infrastructure and Google Cloud leadership team, including obtaining strategic and architectural approvals from executive leadership to launch new platform features.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development.
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
  • Experience in people management (guiding technical teams, resource allocation, and mentoring).
  • Experience in computer architecture and low-level system software development in C.
  • Experience with operating systems, including CPU scheduling and memory management.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
  • 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
  • Experience with Linux Kernel Programming and kernel internals (e.g., scheduler, memory management, virtualization/KVM, BPF tracing, PMU).
  • Experience with modern systems programming languages, particularly C++ or Rust.
  • Track record of executing complex technical migrations (e.g., legacy systems to modern architectures/languages).
  • Knowledge of CPU architectures (x86_64, arm64) and memory models.

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