Software Engineer Manager II, Full Stack, Google Labs

About the role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.

• 8 years of experience in software development.

• 3 years of experience with full stack development, across back-end such as

Java, Python, Golang, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including

JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent.

• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.

• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.

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.

Labs is a group focused on incubating early-stage efforts in support of Google’s

mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible

and useful. Our team exists to help discover and create new ways to advance our

core products through exploration and the application of new technologies. We

work to build new solutions that have the potential to transform how users

interact with Google. Our goal is to drive innovation by developing new Google

products and capabilities that deliver significant impact over longer

timeframes.

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:

• Architect systems, define technical roadmaps for highly ambiguous greenfield

projects, and take initiatives to write critical-path prototype code

alongside the team.

• Provide direct technical direction, mentorship, and day-to-day coordination

for small pods of software engineers, unblocking technical hurdles and

instilling high-velocity experimentation standards.

• Drive high-frequency user-facing experiments; objectively evaluate technical

and product signals, know when to preserve momentum versus pull the plug, and

seamlessly re-align the team toward fresh technical stacks or new problem

spaces.

• Serve as the primary technical anchor partnering with Research Scientists,

Product Managers, and UX Designers to translate exploratory concepts and

novel model capabilities into viable user experiences.

• Set the engineering bar for the pod—knowing precisely when to hack together a

lightweight MVP to answer a critical product question and when to harden

foundations for projects to broader Google platforms.