Systems Development Manager, Google Distributed Cloud Labs

In this role, you will lead the strategy and operations of physical infrastructure essential for development, testing, and demonstrations. You will guide a team in procuring, deploying, and operationalizing hardware environments, ensuring seamless integration with CI/CD workflows. Your focus will be on driving technical roadmaps, optimizing lab resource utilization, and maintaining strict security and availability standards. Through mentorship and cross-functional partnership, you will build the scalable, reliable foundations that empower engineering innovation and customer success.Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge 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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $183,000-$271,000 + 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. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to architect and design technical roadmaps, ensuring infrastructure solutions remained strictly aligned with overarching goals and evolving customer requirements.
• Develop physical environments for development, engineering custom orchestration tooling for automated rollouts, debugging frameworks, and seamless CI/CD pipeline integration to enhance deployment speed.
• Define and monitor core KPIs for environment latency and reliability, while collaborating with engineering teams to safeguard stability and optimize shared development platform performance.
• Manage lab resource systems to maximize hardware utilization and drive SLO improvements by streamlining procurement and refining lab operational workflows for efficiency.
• Fortify infrastructure to meet security, regulatory standards while fostering technical excellence through mentorship and providing subject matter expertise across the organization.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT-related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with system design.
• 5 years of experience in data center management and architecture, overseeing data center operations, managing infrastructure systems, and driving efficiency through data center automation and custom tools development.
• 5 years of experience with managing technical work, driving engineering strategy and roadmap.
• 5 years of experience in managing or leading a team.

Preferred qualifications:

• 3 years of experience with leadership development and career growth of employees.
• 3 years of experience in analyzing and troubleshooting distributed systems.
• 3 years of experience building and managing infrastructure, with a specialized focus on capacity management and forecasting to ensure scalable growth across global environments.