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Google · 5 hours ago

Director, Engineering Google Distributed Cloud Storage

Kirkland, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$294K/yr - $414K/yr

15+ years exp

Google is creating an industry leading private and hybrid cloud offering with Google Distributed Cloud (GDC). As the Director of GDC Storage, you will be responsible for the complete storage portfolio, leading strategy, planning, and execution while collaborating with cross-functional teams and partners to drive innovation and adoption.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead a software engineering team of software engineers across 3 sites, and oversee a portfolio of GDC storage components. Partner with third-party storage system vendors in developing a large-scale solution

Work cross-functionally within the broader engineering community and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to deliver solutions for our customers. Partner closely with cross-functional leads to define the future outlook, strategy, and solutions for GDC Storage

Collaborate with multiple stakeholders across Google, including executive leaders within Cloud to influence infrastructure offerings

Contribute to the long-term strategy and innovation of Google Cloud Storage and infrastructure

Be a strategic thought leader and work closely with customer-facing Googlers, partners, and customers themselves, to ensure we continue to meaningfully reduce friction and thus drive adoption

Qualification

Cloud servicesStorage developmentVendor managementStrategic planningCross-functional leadershipStakeholder managementOrganizational skillsRelationship buildingNegotiation skills

Required

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

15 years of experience delivering hyperscale cloud services to enterprise customers with distributed compute environments with a focused on storage and platform development

15 years of experience working with supplier and partner teams to build solutions that harness capabilities created outside their direct sphere of influence

Experience managing third-party vendors and enabling solutions in a product portfolio

Preferred

Experience with 'big picture' strategy thinking, enabling teams to deliver management solutions that are effective at scale

Experience operating within and leading cross-functional teams

Experience working with external partners, developing relationships, and negotiating focusing on storage products

Ability to develop joint business plans in complex, ambiguous environments, influence/collaborate across organizations, and drive business success internally and for the customer

Ability to translate complexity and explain sophisticated analysis and methodologies to both engineering and business stakeholders

Excellent leadership, organizational, stakeholder management skills, and ability to grow in a fast-paced, cross-functional, global team environment

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

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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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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (8763)

2024 (8872)

2023 (9682)

2022 (11626)

2021 (9109)

2020 (9785)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$26.1M

Key Investors

Kleiner Perkins,Sequoia CapitalAndy 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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