Software Engineer Manager II, Resource Engineering

Seattle, WA, US Until 10/7/2026 8+ years exp First posted August 8, 2026 Last posted August 8, 2026
Job description

About the Job

Like Google's own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer goes beyond just Search. Software Engineering Managers have not only the technical expertise to take on 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 Software Engineering Manager you manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. 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 exceptional software engineers are just getting started -- and as a manager, you guide the way.

With technical and leadership expertise, you manage engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget and oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites internationally.

In this role, the Google Cloud Storage (GCS) provides planet scale, object storage service for external Google Cloud Platform (GCP) customers and internal large-scale Google products like GMail, Photos, Drive, and YouTube. As a part of the GCS Resource Engineering team, you will build extensible software solutions that plan capacity to guarantee high service reliability and resource efficiency.

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead a critical team dedicated to enabling high-throughput products and scenarios, including our Bandwidth Highway program. You will address ambiguous supply problems and ensure GCS remains the high-performance storage backbone for the next-generation of AI workloads.Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s 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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

  • Manage team staffing, career growth, and uphold a high-performance bar, while fostering an environment to build capacity planning solutions for high-throughput GCS products.
  • Own the strategy, scoping, navigation, and outcomes for capacity planning systems targeting high-throughput scenarios, such as the Bandwidth Highway and Rapid Cache.
  • Guide the team through ambiguity by breaking down complex challenges such as supply scarcity and dense AI zone typologies into tractable technical milestones.
  • Navigate complex relationships across GCS, Networking, Compute, and Data Center teams to align supply agendas and ensure seamless on boarding for massive AI/ML workloads.
  • Drive engineering efforts to automate capacity adjudication, optimize network resources, and accelerate the time required to onboard new high-throughput customers.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development.
  • 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
  • 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  • 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
  • Strong understanding of AI/ML frameworks.
  • Experience mentoring executive engineers and other technical leads.
  • Experience in capacity planning for complex, large-scale distributed systems.

Additional Information

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
  • 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 (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year
About this role

Summary

Lead teams in capacity planning and infrastructure for Google Cloud Storage.

Job title

Software Engineer Manager II, Resource Engineering

Experience level

8+ years

Minimum experience

8+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

Seattle, WA, USA; remote work not specified

Salary

$207k–$300k

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

software developmentlarge-scale infrastructuredistributed systemsteam leadership

Preferred skills

AI/ML frameworkscomplex organization experiencecapacity planning

Specializations

distributed systemsinfrastructurecapacity planningAI/MLlarge-scale systems
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Seattle, WA, USA

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