Software Engineer Manager Ii, Google Workspace

Google Google · Big Tech · Raleigh, NC +2

This role is for a Software Engineering Manager II at Google Workspace, focusing on managing software engineers and contributing to product strategy for AI-enhanced productivity tools like Gmail, Docs, and Meet. The manager will guide teams in developing AI features, collaborate with product and UX, and invest in team career development, including adopting DevAI practices. The role involves technical leadership, people management, and overseeing large-scale projects.

What you'd actually do

  1. Be an engineering manager for software engineers spanning Growth and Mobile teams.
  2. Collaborate with Product and UX to determine new and use cases. Determine how we leverage mobile devices and sensors in the conference rooms. Design new product features to serve a small business use case.
  3. Partner with peer managers and technical leads to ensure teams' roadmap fits into larger outlook for Meet and Workspace.
  4. Invest in the team by growing members in their own career development, including how individuals and the team/organization are adopting new DevAI practices.
  5. Utilize communication skills inside and outside of the team, adapting messaging of complex technical details for engineering and non-engineering audiences.

Skills

Required

  • software development
  • full stack development
  • back-end development (Java, Python, Golang, C++)
  • front-end development (JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS)
  • technical leadership
  • people management

Nice to have

  • client development (web, iOS, Android)
  • Enterprise space experience
  • realtime communications platforms
  • hardware platforms (kiosk, appliance applications)

What the JD emphasized

  • manage a team of Engineers
  • manage your project goals
  • manage engineers across multiple teams and locations
  • people management or team leadership role