TPU Software Tech Lead, Cloud Platforms

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Taipei City, Taiwan
Posted on Jan 8, 2026

TPU Software Tech Lead, Cloud Platforms

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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development and programming languages like C or C++.
  • 5 years of experience in testing and launching software products.
  • 5 years of experience in working with embedded operating systems.
  • 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role with leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  • 3 years of experience with working in a matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.

About the job

The team develop and integrate the full-stack software that enables Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) to run Artificial Intelligence (AI) computation in Google’s data centers, and empower all the AI innovations for Google and Cloud customers. The team works on the introduction of each new TPU AI server, from design, system bring up, to productionization of TPU chips, AI servers, and AI hyper-computers including thousands of machines. The team is involved in all stages of the project from concept, planning, development, deployment, and end of life in the data centers.

In this role, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and the business grow and evolve. You will be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack. You will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.
The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership on projects across a domain of technical areas like firmware, driver, system software, distributed systems. Align strategy, processes, and decision-making across teams.
  • Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers. Develop the technical goals and roadmap within the scope of the teams. Evolve the roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs.
  • Facilitate alignment across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines. Design and guide systems designs within the scope of the area, and write product or system development code to solve problems.
  • Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions and ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).

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