Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 15 years of experience leading teams of software engineers in cloud-based or open source projects.

• Experience with technical innovation within cross-functional engineering environments.

• Experience in cloud computing, hardware acceleration, virtualization, computer architecture, and software engineering.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience leading an engineering team to successfully build and scale a distributed system.

• Experience partnering closely with Product Management to achieve business goals.

• Experience collaborating with multiple product and engineering teams.

• Experience delivering complex technical projects successfully within budget and tight timelines.

• Experience with site leadership responsibilities to realize global mission with ability to communicate effectively across cross-team globally, explaining complex business and technical concepts.

• A respectful, partnering, and empathetic approach to forging professional relationships.

The Google Compute Engine (GCE) Node team drives the rapid development and deployment of Google Compute Engine's instance (i.e., virtual machine and Bare Metal) portfolio. The team builds the infrastructure to streamline the development of new Compute Instances, support advanced data plane innovation, and enhance reliability and observability for GCE customers. The team will also help build critical fleet management capabilities to reduce and manage disruptions. The team's commitment to performance, automation, cross-team collaboration, and customer-centric improvements will solidify GCE's position as a cloud platform.

As a Director, you will lead the establishment and drive the continued growth of a high-performing GCE Node team in India. This team will be instrumental in Google Compute Engine's success through its work on deployment, qualification, performance optimization, and advanced data plane development. You will be an experienced engineering leader with expertise in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and a passion for delivering an excellent cloud computing experience.

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.

• Attract, hire, and develop an engineering team, fostering collaboration within it and ensuring seamless integration with other GCE and Google infrastructure groups.

• Lead the development of offload and data plane capabilities under GCE initiatives.

• Guide the creation and management of infrastructure that accelerates the deployment and qualification of new GCE Node product offerings. Lead in areas like workload testing, automation, and process streamlining.

• Participate in high-impact initiatives like improving workload performance, customer experience refinement, seamless updates, and resource optimization.

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