Google · 2 days ago
Principal Engineer, Developer Experience, Google Distributed Cloud
Kirkland, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$294K/yr - $414K/yr
15+ years expGoogle is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Principal Engineer for Developer Experience. In this role, you will be responsible for setting the technical direction and architecture for the software development lifecycle toolchain across Google Distributed Cloud.
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Responsibilities
Serve as the technical authority and chief architect for the areas encompassing GDC’s SDLC, defining and driving the technical roadmap in alignment with the strategic vision across CI/CD pipelines, build systems, deployment strategies (e.g., progressive delivery, canary releases), and compliance-as-code within GDC
Establish GDC-wide engineering standards for CI/CD, testing, code quality, and security scanning, ensuring alignment with required external regulations
Lead initiatives to consolidate, modernize, and automate existing disparate tooling to create a unified developer experience
Convert and drive the adoption of new SDLC technologies and best practices across GDC engineering organizations
Partner closely with engineering, effectively bridging the SRE function with the developer velocity needs, moving beyond just owning the production gate to ensuring reliability validation is baked into the entire development process
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
15 years of experience developing and architecting technical infrastructure, with a focus on modernizing large-scale Software Development Lifecycles (SDLC)
5 years of experience in software infrastructure for large-scale, global distributed systems
Experience building automated testing pipelines for high-traffic or enterprise-level software
Preferred
Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
Experience building analysis and insights platforms that provide leadership with visibility into where engineering effort is being invested and the efficiency of the validation cycle
Demonstrated ability to use AI/ML for software validation, automated debugging, and troubleshooting within the developer toolchain
Strong technical and organizational leadership with the ability to resolve systemic technical problems and drive alignment across large, cross-functional teams
Expertise in infrastructure technologies and trends, including public and private cloud, GPU, virtualization, and containerization
Benefits
Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Company
Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$26.1MKey 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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