Director of Engineering; Google​/GCP

Position: Director of Engineering (Google / GCP)
Location: Mountain View

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Position:
Director of Engineering (Google / GCP)
Location:
Mountain View, CA
Duration:
Fulltime
Experience: 15 20 years
Travel: 15 25%

Domain: Cloud Native Product & Platform Engineering
Platform Focus:
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Education: MS,

B.Tech./BS, or equivalent practical experience

Job Description Director of Engineering
Role Summary
The Director of Engineering is responsible for leading the strategy, architecture, and delivery of large scale, cloud native products and platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role combines deep technical leadership with people and delivery leadership to build highly reliable, secure, and scalable systems aligned with Google engineering and SRE principles.
You will lead globally distributed engineering teams, partner closely with Product and Business stakeholders, and act as the senior engineering authority across new product development, cloud modernization, and platform transformation initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide end to end engineering leadership across product and platform life cycles design, build, deploy, and operate cloud native systems on GCP.
• Define and drive the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for scalable, secure, and highly available platforms.
• Act as the senior engineering interface for stakeholders and leadership, owning technical decision making and delivery outcomes.
• Serve as a technical thought leader and advisor, guiding architecture choices, modernization approaches, and engineering best practices.
• Lead architectural design reviews and clearly communicate complex solutions to executive, product, and engineering audiences.
• Partner with Product, UX, SRE, Security, and Data teams to deliver well architected, operable, and cost efficient solutions.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies through POCs, structured evaluations, and data driven decision making.
• Build, scale, and mentor high performing, multi geo engineering teams, fostering a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement.

Technical & Platform Expertise

• Strong experience building or modernizing enterprise or consumer grade platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Deep understanding of GCP services such as GKE, Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Big Query, Cloud SQL/Spanner, Pub/Sub, and IAM.
• Expertise in distributed systems, microservices, API first architectures, and Kubernetes based platforms.
• Proficiency in backend engineering using Java, Go, and Python, with strong design and code quality practices.
• Experience with frontend technologies (Angular, React, Graph
  
  QL) supporting large scale user facing applications.
• Solid background in data platforms and analytics, including data pipelines, orchestration, warehousing, and BI.
• Ability to define and articulate cloud architecture for modernization and transformation and guide teams through technology selection.

Delivery & Execution Leadership

• Proven track record of delivering complex, large scale engineering programs from scoping through production and operations.
• Strong understanding of SRE, reliability engineering, observability, and operational excellence.
• Ability to balance engineering velocity, platform reliability, security, and cost optimization.
• Experience working in consultative, stakeholder facing environments, delivering measurable business outcomes.

Leadership & Culture

• Passion for mentoring and developing engineers and engineering leaders across levels.
• Excellent communication and influence skills with both technical and non technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem solving ability, sound decision making, and effective prioritization in ambiguous environments.
• Demonstrated organizational agility and ability to lead transformation at scale.

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic & Technical Leadership
• Influence and Stakeholder Management
• Execution Excellence & Results Orientation
• Talent Development & Mentorship
• Decision Quality & Problem Solving

Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.