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Google · 1 day ago

Director, Engineering, BigQuery Platform

Kirkland, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$294K/yr - $414K/yr

15+ years exp

Google is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Director of Engineering to lead teams in the development and delivery of BigQuery engineering. The role involves collaborating with product managers and other stakeholders to enhance BigQuery's reliability and security while optimizing engineering processes.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead several teams covering the whole spectrum of infrastructure for data analytics across the spectrum of multi-tenancy, security, quality, and velocity

Work with other engineering stakeholders to develop an AI base to ensure BigQuery service infrastructure and engineering infrastructure improves security, reliability, and velocity

Work closely with product management to define the product roadmap, in collaboration with Google Cloud and broader Google teams

Stay up-to-date on the latest trends in data analytics, security, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and agent development

Qualification

Engineering leadershipEnterprise securityHigh scale distributed systemsProduct management collaborationAIAgent developmentCommunication skillsStorytelling abilitiesCross-functional collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience

15 years of professional experience in engineering leadership or related technical roles

Experience operating in an entrepreneurial environment, scaling new and emerging products from the ground-up

Preferred

PhD in Computer Science

Experience bringing innovative, industry-leading, category-defining tech products to market

Experience working with executive-level internal and external clients and partners, acting as a representative of the company

Experience with enterprise security and high scale distributed systems

Ability to work cross-functionally, partnering with groups (e.g., product management, product marketing, UX, and UI), brokering trade offs with stakeholders, and understanding their needs

Excellent narrative and storytelling abilities, communication skills, and presentation skills

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Company

Google

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Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.

Founded in 1998

Mountain View, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.google.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$26.1M

Key Investors

Andy Bechtolsheim

2004-08-19IPO

1999-06-07Series Unknown· $25M

1998-11-01Angel· $1M

Leadership Team

Sundar Pichai

CEO

Thomas Kurian

CEO - Google Cloud

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