ENGINEERING MANAGER/DIRECTOR, GOOGLE.COM - LONDON

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ENGINEERING MANAGER/DIRECTOR, GOOGLE.COM

This position is based in London, UK.

The area: Engineering and operations

Team: Software

• Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technology Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We're always on call to keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

The role: Engineering Manager/Director, Google.com - London

• Like Google's own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer (SWE) goes way beyond just Search. SWE Managers have not only the technical chops to roll up their sleeves and provide technical leadership to major projects, but also manage a team of engineers. You not only optimize your own code but make sure engineers are able to optimize theirs. As a SWE Manager you manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. SWE teams work all across the company, in areas such as information retrieval, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, security, data compression, user interface design; the list goes on and is growing every day. Operating with scale and speed, our world-class software engineers are just getting started -- and as a manager, you guide the way.

Responsibilities:

• Be directly responsible for Google's stellar uptime record.
• Be the guardian/custodian of the end-to-end performance and reliability of Google's user-facing services.
• Be accountable for ensuring that Google users can always reach and use all of the services under your team's care.
• Lead a hybrid team of software engineers, system administrators and operations architects on highly visible projects, with regards to deploying live end-user systems and mission critical services.

Minimum qualifications

• BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent; in lieu of education, relevant skills or equivalent experience.

Preferred qualifications

• MS/PhD a plus. Very high technical competence.
• Extensive relevant hands-on technical management experience of software developers, systems administrators/architects, and a record of individual technical achievement.
• Have the rare mix of intelligence, integrity, domain knowledge, verbal agility and diplomacy, which allows you to rapidly earn the trust of technically astute teams across the company.
• A strong understanding of coding principles and concepts.
• Knowledge of C, C++ or Java and Shell, Perl or Python.
• A strong understanding of UNIX/Linux platform.
• A solid understanding of IP networking, network devices and common topologies.

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