Like Google's own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer goes beyond just Search. Software Engineering Managers have not only the technical expertise to take on and provide technical leadership to major projects, but also manage a team of Engineers. You not only optimize your own code but make sure Engineers are able to optimize theirs. As a Software Engineering Manager you manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. Teams work all across the company, in areas such as information retrieval, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, security, data compression, user interface design; the list goes on and is growing every day. Operating with scale and speed, our exceptional software engineers are just getting started -- and as a manager, you guide the way.
With technical and leadership expertise, you manage engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget and oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites internationally. In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.
Responsibilities
- Be an expert in AI/ML, retrieval systems.
- Collaborate across multiple teams and functions, driving alignment, prioritization, execution, decisions.
- Take responsibility for large engineering and organizational problems that span multiple teams/components and systematically lead the team to solve them.
- Foster a culture of Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation, expertise with fast-paced execution; emphasize and ensure adoption of AI across our products (e.g., leading to better product) and dev workflows (e.g,. making the team more effective).
- Mentor/guide the team-members with timely, actionable feedback and help them grow. Manage a team of Software Engineers (SWEs) and offer clarity with planning, designs, execution.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development.
- 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
- 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
- Experience working on Machine Learning (ML), Generative AI (Gen-AI) and Information Retrieval problems.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
- Experience managing a team owning large-scale, end-to-end problems and developing technical leads.
- Experience in leading a team that takes experimental systems from a prototype stage to a working product.