Google Cloud Acronyms You Need to Know

If you’re planning to navigate the Google Cloud ecosystem, you will want to know the key acronyms used internally by employees at the tech giant. Here’s a look at key acronyms used to talk about Google’s culture, tools, and internal processes

 

General Google Acronyms

OKR – Objectives and Key Results (goal-setting framework)

Noogler – New Googler (new employee)

Xoogler – Ex-Googler (former employee)

 

Engineering & Product Dev

SWE – Software Engineering 

PM – Product Manager

TPM – Technical Program Manager

SRE – Site Reliability Engineer

GWS – Google Web Server 



Google Company & Teams

APAC – Asia-Pacific region

EMEA – Europe, Middle East, and Africa region (think shared time zones)

AMER – America region

PA – Product Area (e.g., Google Cloud, Search, Ads)

TVC – Temporary, Vendor, Contractor (non-full-time employee)



Google Cloud & Infrastructure acronyms 

GCP – Google Cloud Platform

GAE – Google App Engine

GKE – Google Kubernetes Engine 

GCM – Google Cloud Marketplace



Google Cloud Marketplace co-sell team

CE – Customer Engineer 

FSR – Field Service Rep

PDR – Partner Development Rep

ISV Specialist – Independent Software Vendor Specialist 

PA – Partner Advisor, or Alliance team

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