About the role

What will you do at Google?

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.

* 8 years of experience in software development.

* 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed

systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or

hardware architecture.

* 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.

* 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related.

* 10 years of experience in software development.

* 5 years of experience with full stack development, including backend

distributed systems.

* 5 years of experience in directly managing people and strong stakeholder

management and communication.

* Experience in AI-Assisted software development or Spec-driven-development.

* Experience in programming languages like Golang and C++testing and launching

distributed systems, storage and related software products.

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.

In this role, you will

lead a team of both junior and executive engineers. You
will understand the problems of our partners and stakeholders and will land work
that may have the impact to the business. You will guide technical direction,
contribute to design discussions, and maintain a connection.
You will have strong stakeholder management skills and will work with partner
teams and engineers to understand needs, align roadmaps, and ensure our modeling
infra meets the evolving demands of both networking and AI/ML landscape. You
will also work with geographically distributed teams.
The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google
customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and
Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our
customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users
worldwide.
We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering
the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing
power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable
developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping
the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the
development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking,
Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills,
experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google
[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].
RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Set and communicate team priorities that support the broader organization's
goals. Align strategy, processes, and decision-making across teams.
* Set clear expectations with individuals based on their level and role and
aligned to the broader organization's goals. Meet regularly with individuals
to discuss performance and development and provide feedback and coaching.
* Develop the mid-term technical goals and roadmap within the scope of your
(often multiple) team(s). Evolve the roadmap to meet anticipated future
requirements and infrastructure needs.
* Design, guide and vet systems designs within the scope of the broader area,
and write product or system development code to solve ambiguous problems.
* Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best
practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability,
and efficiency).

Which skills does this role require?

InfrastructurePeople managementStakeholder managementArtificial intelligenceMachine learningCloud computingPerformance coachingArtificial IntelligenceMachine LearningGoogle CloudVertex AITPUData CenterStakeholder ManagementHyperscale ComputingPeople ManagementPerformance CoachingRoadmap DevelopmentCode ReviewBest PracticesGoGCP

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