Senior Software Engineering Manager, Labs

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, Javascript).
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role; overseeing projects.
• 5 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 5 years of experience working in a matrixed organization.
• Experience in developing systems that use AI, large language models (LLMs).
• Experience in designing and building developer tools that improve productivity, automation and quality and integrate in the software development workflow.
• Experience in managing AI-powered systems with reliability, quality and performance.
• Ability to lead engineering teams in building and delivering products from conception to launch.

About the job

Like Google's own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer (SWE) goes way beyond just Search. SWE 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 SWE Manager you manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. SWE 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. 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the team, set clear expectations, provide regular performance feedback, and mentor engineers to support their growth while fostering a collaborative, performing team culture.
• Guide team in building reliable, and quality Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered developer tools, empower tech leads and ensure best practices.
• Define clear goals, prioritize, and organize the team for successful delivery of software.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners to define and evolve the product roadmap for AI-motivated software development.
• Improve team operations, processes, and hiring to build a strong engineering team.