Software Engineering Manager, Infrastructure
Los Angeles, CA, USA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- 8 years in software development; 3 years in technical leadership; 2 years in people management or team leadership. Preferred: 5 years leading backend or distributed systems engineering teams.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads the engineering organization and technical strategy for Google Drive’s core storage, file system, and global data movement systems.
What you'll do
- Build, mentor, and scale a backend engineering organization while fostering technical excellence and accountability.
- Set and execute the multi-year architecture and operational roadmap for Drive storage, file systems, and global data movement.
- Lead delivery of cross-region migration pipelines, virtual file system routing, and regional data isolation capabilities.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development.
- 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role and 2 years in people management or team leadership.
- Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems or high-throughput backend infrastructure.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
- 5 years leading backend or distributed systems engineering teams in a complex, matrixed organization.
Pay
$207000 - $300000 (USD) base salary
Tools
Spanner, virtual file system (VFS)
AI focus
Advocates AI-first software engineering, including agentic development workflows and AI-accelerated engineering and automated integration verification; works with model builders to advance AI-enabled productivity tools.
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