We are indeed working on creating a standalone Task Queues service that will work across all hosting platforms. You can sign up for the alpha here: https://goo.gl/Ya0AZd
(I work on the Python developer experience for Google Cloud Platform)
This is why I come to HN. Where else can you read an article about a high profile company, then find comments from people who work on what the article is about? Unless you guys are a brigade, it's pretty cool you happen to be browsing where the rest of us browse.
(I work on the Python developer experience for Google Cloud Platform)