Please submit your resume in English - we can only consider applications submitted in this language.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures/algorithms.
- 5 years of experience in launching software products, testing and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
- Experience with Web technologies, libraries and frameworks like React or Vue, and programming languages like Java, Javascript/Typescript.
- Experience using Python libraries and frameworks.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with server or client performance optimizations and infrastructure that supports high traffic, complex applications.
- Knowledge of browser rendering lifecycles, performance tuning, and infrastructure optimization.
- Familiarity with Chrome DevTools and related web technologies for UI rendering.
- A proven track record of leadership and team management in a high-performing engineering environment.
- Ability to communicate in English fluently to collaborate with stakeholders.
About the Job
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.
As a Software Engineer Manager, you will be responsible for leading and managing a skilled team of engineers, while taking technical ownership of critical infrastructure initiatives. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams across Search to deliver a flexible, scalable, and a high-performance platform for all of Google Search.
We are re-imagining Search Feature development and actively building the next generation of search rendering infrastructure. The services our team maintains reside at the core of the Search Rendering stack, giving you an opportunity to shape how Search works and how search feature developers all over Google bring their ideas to users.
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
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers, focusing on fostering growth, collaboration, and technical excellence as well as an environment that’s open, honest, and diverse in thought.
- Partner with Search feature teams and other infrastructure groups to ensure that solutions meet business needs, scale users, and can adapt to future challenges.
- Manage complex projects from inception through execution, and balance technical leadership with team management and people development.
- Ensure the team’s deliverables align with organizational goals related to infrastructure scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
- Architect solid/stable/maintainable software systems with clean APIs that help accelerate feature development across platforms and surfaces.