Engineering Director, Core Hybrid Platforms
Company: Google
Location: Cupertino
Posted on: July 1, 2025
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Job Description:
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in a technical field
or equivalent practical experience. 15 years of engineering
leadership experience. 12 years of experience working with
cross-functional stakeholders and collaborating with technical
individuals and teams. Preferred qualifications: 20 years of
experience in engineering leadership. Experience with
cross-functional engineering leadership promoting product
excellence and collaboration. Ability to influence stakeholders or
influence through diplomacy and persuasion. Demonstrated success
leading initiatives, developing policies or thought leadership in
regulated, high visibility domains. Deep technical and security
expertise with infrastructure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
About the job As the Engineering Director for the Core Hybrid
Platforms (CHP) team, you will advance the mission of removing
barriers to organic adoption of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and
other public cloud technologies by Alphabet. You will build and
drive adoption of platforms to enable Alphabet’s product reas,
Bets, and acquisitions to build hybrid and cloud-native systems
with security and privacy controls. The rapidly growing
capabilities of GCP are critical to meeting the increasing needs of
Alphabet’s engineering teams who are adapting to changes in
industry practices, demands from stakeholders, and a competitive
landscape. Making Alphabet the most sophisticated user of GCP and
other public cloud technologies is key to making these capabilities
available to the engineering teams safely. In this role, you will
lead a team of software, security, and privacy engineers to define
the technical strategy and implement the platforms necessary to
enable safe use of public cloud and the building of hybrid systems
for Alphabet’s businesses. You will need to lead the development of
solutions that involve technical problems across a variety of
domains including: cloud infrastructure actuation and management,
security and privacy controls and risk management, networking and
service connectivity, reliability engineering and observability,
and AI/ML. Youll form strong partnerships with engineering, product
management, and PMO teams who will contribute to the end-to-end
solutions we deliver to our customers. This role is a unique
opportunity to collaborate across Google to address complex
software engineering, security, and privacy challenges, and to
expand Alphabet’s ability to rapidly innovate and deliver quality
products for our users leveraging the rapidly expanding
capabilities of the public cloud. The Core team builds the
technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are
owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer
platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These
are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent
experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for
every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central
solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing
systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique
opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the
company. The US base salary range for this full-time position is
$294,000-$414,000 bonus equity benefits. Our salary ranges are
determined by role, level, and location. Within the range,
individual pay is determined by work location and additional
factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant
education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the
specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring
process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US
role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include
bonus, equity, or benefits. Responsibilities Develop and execute a
platform strategy for enabling Alphabet’s safe use of GCP and other
public clouds. Lead the development, security and privacy
evaluation, and implementation of solutions that unlock the power
of GCP for our internal customers. Lead, mentor, and develop a
high-performing team. Foster a collaborative and innovative team
culture, and partner with teams in GCP and across Google to drive
strategic outcomes across Alphabet’s businesses. Oversee health,
maintenance, and continual improvement of the engineering
experience, performance, and reliability of platforms supporting
Alphabet’s use of public cloud. Partner with Privacy, Safety, and
Security to drive continuous monitoring and reductions of security
and privacy risks associated with Alphabet’s use of public
cloud.
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