Senior Software Engineering Manager, Google Cloud Storage Semantic Search

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XIn most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.
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 (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
Holidays: 13 paid days per year.
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Seattle, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.
Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience with distributed storage systems, large - scale database systems, or high-throughput batch/stream processing pipelines.
7 years of experience leading technical project strategy, ML design, and optimizing industry-scale ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine tuning).
5 years of experience with one or more of the following: Speech/audio (e.g., technology duplicating and responding to the human voice), reinforcement learning (e.g., sequential decision making), ML infrastructure, or specialization in another ML field.
5 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
Preferred qualifications:
Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
5 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
Experience building or operating vector databases, vector search indices (e.g., ScaNN, HNSW, IVF), or search platforms (e.g., Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Vector Search).
Proven track record of delivering tier-0 enterprise cloud services with strict security, regionalization, and compliance requirements.
Exceptional communication skills with a demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional partner teams, executive leadership, and customer design partners.