Software Engineering Manager, Kernel Development

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of systems software engineers, fostering a collaborative, and high-performance engineering culture.
• Drive the architectural design, implementation, and optimization of core Linux kernel components to meet Google’s compute infrastructure demands.
• Partner with other Tech Leads, and cross-functional partners to align execution roadmaps, set technical boundaries, and deliver on critical milestones.
• Advocate engineering excellence, robust testing methodologies, and performance profiling to eliminate system regressions and data integrity risks.
• Work closely with platform infrastructure and Google Cloud leadership team, including obtaining strategic and architectural approvals from executive leadership to launch new platform features.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience in software development.
  
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience in people management (guiding technical teams, resource allocation, and mentoring).
• Experience in computer architecture and low-level system software development in C.
• Experience with operating systems, including CPU scheduling and memory management.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
  
• Experience with Linux Kernel Programming and kernel internals (e.g., scheduler, memory management, virtualization/KVM, BPF tracing, PMU).
• Experience with modern systems programming languages, particularly C++ or Rust.
• Track record of executing complex technical migrations (e.g., legacy systems to modern architectures/languages).
• Knowledge of CPU architectures (x86_64, arm64) and memory models.

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience in software development.
  
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience in people management (guiding technical teams, resource allocation, and mentoring).
• Experience in computer architecture and low-level system software development in C.
• Experience with operating systems, including CPU scheduling and memory management.