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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development.
- 5 years of experience in software engineering leadership in ML Infrastructure, ML, or product-focused AI.
- 5 years of experience with large scale distributed systems.
- 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
- Experience with Generative AI lifecycle, including Agent frameworks or protocols (e.g., MCP, A2A), RAG, prompt engineering, or model evaluation systems.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
- Demonstrated experience architecting or contributing to simulation frameworks, evaluation infrastructure, or enterprise quality platforms.
About the job
Like Google's own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer goes beyond just Search. Software Engineering Managers have not only the technical expertise to take on and provide technical leadership to major projects, but also manage a team of Engineers. You not only optimize your own code but make sure Engineers are able to optimize theirs. As a Software Engineering Manager you manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. Teams work all across the company, in areas such as information retrieval, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, security, data compression, user interface design; the list goes on and is growing every day. Operating with scale and speed, our exceptional software engineers are just getting started - and as a manager, you guide the way.
With technical and leadership expertise, you manage engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget and oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites internationally.
Gemini Cloud Assist is designed to simplify how customers learn, design, deploy, and operate their services. Our goal is to establish intelligent AI agent as a primary interface for cloud operations, integrating seamlessly across the Cloud Console, IDEs, and other developer surfaces. In this role, you will focus on the Quality Flywheel, a foundational platform at the core of our AI quality strategy. You will build the end-to-end system that drives our agent’s continuous, automated improvement. This involves analyzing user interactions, implementing real-time evaluations to detect successes and failures, generating high-quality evaluation data, and creating feedback loops that drive model self-improvement and fine-tuning.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of engineers, driving career growth, team culture, and execution across data collection, evaluation generation, and unified benchmarks.
- Act as Tech Lead for the Quality Flywheel, architecting systems for scalable data collection, realistic simulation environments, eval generation, and online hill climbing.
- Direct software design and implementation for next-gen evaluation infrastructure (Eval Infra), tooling, and Gemini post-training systems adhering to architectural best practices.
- Partner across teams to distill complex, ambiguous model and platform requirements into simplified, robust technical solutions.
- Drive overarching testing and reliability architecture, advocating production stability, test environment improvements, and on-call operational support.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development.
- 5 years of experience in software engineering leadership in ML Infrastructure, ML, or product-focused AI.
- 5 years of experience with large scale distributed systems.
- 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
- Experience with Generative AI lifecycle, including Agent frameworks or protocols (e.g., MCP, A2A), RAG, prompt engineering, or model evaluation systems.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
- Demonstrated experience architecting or contributing to simulation frameworks, evaluation infrastructure, or enterprise quality platforms.
About the job
Like Google's own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer goes beyond just Search. Software Engineering Managers have not only the technical expertise to take on and provide technical leadership to major projects, but also manage a team of Engineers. You not only optimize your own code but make sure Engineers are able to optimize theirs. As a Software Engineering Manager you manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. Teams work all across the company, in areas such as information retrieval, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, security, data compression, user interface design; the list goes on and is growing every day. Operating with scale and speed, our exceptional software engineers are just getting started - and as a manager, you guide the way.
With technical and leadership expertise, you manage engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget and oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites internationally.
Gemini Cloud Assist is designed to simplify how customers learn, design, deploy, and operate their services. Our goal is to establish intelligent AI agent as a primary interface for cloud operations, integrating seamlessly across the Cloud Console, IDEs, and other developer surfaces. In this role, you will focus on the Quality Flywheel, a foundational platform at the core of our AI quality strategy. You will build the end-to-end system that drives our agent’s continuous, automated improvement. This involves analyzing user interactions, implementing real-time evaluations to detect successes and failures, generating high-quality evaluation data, and creating feedback loops that drive model self-improvement and fine-tuning.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of engineers, driving career growth, team culture, and execution across data collection, evaluation generation, and unified benchmarks.
- Act as Tech Lead for the Quality Flywheel, architecting systems for scalable data collection, realistic simulation environments, eval generation, and online hill climbing.
- Direct software design and implementation for next-gen evaluation infrastructure (Eval Infra), tooling, and Gemini post-training systems adhering to architectural best practices.
- Partner across teams to distill complex, ambiguous model and platform requirements into simplified, robust technical solutions.
- Drive overarching testing and reliability architecture, advocating production stability, test environment improvements, and on-call operational support.
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Who's Hiring
- CVS Health51
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- Capital One16
- Amazon10
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- Technology & Software11
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in cloud engineering manager jobs.
- Five or more years of engineering experience with at least two years managing technical teams
- Deep hands-on expertise with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform services and architecture
- Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems in production environments
- Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or AWS CloudFormation
- Demonstrated ability to build engineering roadmaps, manage priorities, and drive cross-team delivery
- Relevant cloud certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator, or GCP Professional Cloud Architect
Tips for Your Cloud Engineering Manager Job Search
Tailor your resume to cloud scale
Hiring managers for cloud engineering manager roles scan for concrete scale indicators: team size you led, cloud spend you owned, and uptime targets you hit. Swap vague responsibilities for outcome-driven bullets that name the platform, the problem, and the result.
Highlight your cloud certifications strategically
AWS, Azure, and GCP certifications signal credibility, but list them near the top only when the job description calls them out. If the role emphasizes multi-cloud or FinOps, lead with the certifications that map directly to those priorities.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists cloud engineering manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target companies by cloud maturity stage
A cloud engineering manager at a migration-stage company owns a different mandate than one at a cloud-native startup. Read the job description for language like 'lift and shift,' 'modernization,' or 'platform consolidation' to gauge where the company is and whether it matches your experience.
Prepare for the technical leadership interview layer
Expect a dedicated loop on how you balance hands-on engineering judgment with people management. Practice narrating a time you overrode a team's architectural decision and how you rebuilt alignment afterward. Generic leadership stories without technical specifics rarely satisfy this panel.
Negotiate total compensation beyond base pay
Cloud engineering manager offers frequently include equity refreshes, annual cloud-certification reimbursements, and on-call or incident-response premiums. Ask your recruiter to itemize each component so you can compare offers on total value, not headline numbers.
Cloud Engineering Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most cloud engineering managers?
CVS Health, Google, and Capital One are hiring the most cloud engineering managers right now, with openings concentrated in California, Virginia, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is especially strong at companies undergoing cloud migration programs or scaling platform engineering teams.
How many cloud engineering manager jobs are remote?
About 85% of cloud engineering manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the cloud-native nature of the work. Roles focused on platform engineering, site reliability, and DevOps tooling tend to have the highest remote availability, while positions tied to regulated industries or on-premises infrastructure often require more in-office presence.
How do you become a cloud engineering manager?
Start by building deep technical credibility as an individual contributor on cloud infrastructure, platform, or DevOps teams. Then take on informal leadership, such as mentoring engineers or leading an on-call rotation, before moving into a formal lead or staff engineer role. Pursue a cloud certification in your primary platform, then apply to manager roles once you can demonstrate both architectural ownership and people outcomes.
Can you get a cloud engineering manager job with limited management experience?
Yes, but you'll need to close the gap with demonstrated leadership signals rather than a formal title. Hiring teams will look for evidence you owned a technical roadmap, mentored junior engineers, ran an incident retrospective, or led a cross-functional project. Frame those contributions explicitly in your resume and be ready to narrate them in a behavioral interview focused on influence without authority.
What does the cloud engineering manager interview process look like?
Most processes run three to four rounds. A recruiter screen is followed by a hiring manager conversation focused on your engineering background and leadership philosophy. Next comes a technical panel where you'll be asked to review architecture diagrams, discuss cloud cost optimization, or walk through past system design decisions. The final round typically includes a cross-functional loop with product, security, or finance stakeholders and a discussion of how you manage team priorities and delivery.
Where can I find and apply to cloud engineering manager jobs?
You can find and apply to cloud engineering manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your experience and apply directly to each listing.
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