Application Engineer Lead, Supplier Quality Platforms
GoogleIn 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 (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance 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: Kirkland, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA . Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 8 years of experience working with general-purpose programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go, or C++). 8 years of experience in enterprise application development and data engineering, including designing data pipelines, databases and web services (e.g., REST/SOAP APIs) 5 years of experience leading system architecture, integrating third-party systems, and mentoring engineering teams. Preferred qualifications: Master's degree in Computer Science, MIS or related technical field or equivalent practical experience. Domain expertise within supply chain operations, hardware manufacturing data (e.g., FPY, Cycle Time), or MES. Experience developing AI/ML-enabled applications or integrating cloud-native AI services and designing data architectures optimized for ML workloads. Experience with full-stack development, modern web frameworks, and cloud-native data processing pipelines. Experience designing secure external data-sharing portals, enterprise Identity and Access Management (OAuth2/OIDC) integration, and data governance. Exceptional cross-functional communication skills, with a proven ability to work face-to-face with internal business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into technical solutions. About the job You lead all aspects of web development, requirements gathering, software development, testing, documentation, training, implementation, ongoing support, and maintenance for both in-house and customer-facing web applications. You will work closely with a cross-functional team of Googlers using UI and functional specs/prototypes as input. You are empowered to act like an owner, take action and innovate to meet user and customer needs. As an Application Engineer Lead, you are the engineers' engineer, passionate about building technology solutions that enhance critical business processes. You will own the end-to-end technical architecture and full-stack software development for a next-generation predictive supplier quality and risk intelligence platform. In this role, you will bridge complex hardware manufacturing telemetry across critical data center programs with scalable enterprise cloud services. You will architect an AI-ready data ecosystem that enables proactive visibility into global supply chain risks, provide technical direction for a dedicated pod of application and data engineers, partner cross-functionally with Global Supply Chain Managers, and deploy tooling to enable proactive visibility into global supply chain risks. 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 team behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our…