Software Engineer Manager, Admin Access Platform, Dynamic Policy Engine

Google

Chicago, Illinois, United StatesFull-time$207,000–$300,000Posted Nov 5, 2026

About the role

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; overseeing projects.
  • Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed

systems, with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance, and reliability.

  • Experience in software engineering, software infrastructure engineering,

security, Big Data and analytics, or cloud networking.

  • Experience in data processing using traditional and distributed systems

(e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Dataflow, Airflow) and algorithms (e.g., MapReduce,

Flume), and building data pipelines (e.g., using Spark, Dataflow).

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Experience programming in Java, C++, or Go.
  • Experience developing distributed and parallel systems, networking, software

systems, or security software.

  • Experience building technical infrastructure.
  • Experience leading through technical and organizational challenges.
  • Experience leading collaborations in a distributed engineering organization.
  • Ability to lead teams toward a shared technical goal.

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.

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products.

We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer

platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the

essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our

users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across

Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and

strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique

opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.

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 technical direction for the Admin Access Platform (AAP) Dynamic Policy

Engine, including real-time access evaluation, federated domain management,

and safe deployment tooling (e.g., Mendel A/B experiments), and help drive

the overall AAP strategy.

  • Provide management and technical leadership to a team of Software Engineers.
  • Collaborate cross-team with partners, TLs, UX, PMs, TPMs, and security policy

owners to translate complex security requirements into scalable technical

outcomes.

  • Communicate with stakeholders and leadership to develop Objectives and Key

Results (OKRs) and roadmaps that align with company-wide mandates like

Adaptive Shield and Agentic Security.

  • Ensure best-practices in design, development, infrastructure, security,

privacy, and software maintenance.

Responsibilities

  • Set technical direction and help drive strategy for the Admin Access Platform Dynamic Policy Engine.
  • Provide management and technical leadership to a team of software engineers.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional partners to translate security requirements into scalable technical outcomes.
  • Work with stakeholders and leadership to develop OKRs and roadmaps aligned with company-wide mandates.
  • Ensure best practices in design, development, infrastructure, security, privacy, and software maintenance.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 8 years of software development experience.
  • At least 3 years in a technical leadership role overseeing projects.
  • Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems.
  • Experience in software engineering, infrastructure, security, Big Data and analytics, or cloud networking.
  • Experience with data processing systems, algorithms, and data pipelines.
  • Preferred experience programming in Java, C++, or Go.
  • Preferred experience developing distributed systems, networking, software systems, or security software.

Benefits

  • 20% target bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Skills mentioned

JavaC++GoDistributed SystemsSystem DesignIdentity and Access ManagementCybersecurityData EngineeringData PipelinesApache Spark

About Google

A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone. Check out our career opportunities at goo.gle/3DLEokh

Software Development10,001+ employeesMountain View, CA

H-1B sponsorship history

Historical employer filing data was found for Google. The employer record includes 57,181 historical certified applications. This is employer-level history, not a guarantee that this role currently offers sponsorship.