Staff Software Engineer, Tech Lead Manager, Google Store

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.
• 2 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.
• Experience with distributed systems
• Experience with API design

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
  
• Experience with Storage systems
• E-commerce experience

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.

Our team of engineers develops and operates a sophisticated, scalable e-commerce platform that underlies Google Store. We are launching innovative shopping experiences, constructing physical retail stores, solving challenging inventory optimization problems, detecting and blocking fraudulent orders, designing beautiful and responsive web pages, and providing intuitive and frictionless purchase experiences.

Google Store focuses on building relationships with customers and providing the best experiences with our devices and services. Google Store offers first-party retail experiences with our products, both online and at our physical retail stores in New York City, Mountain View and Boston.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $197,000-$291,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Setting technical direction building services powering web and mobile apps with a focus on reliability and scalability.
  
• Manage and lead team of software engineers.
  
• Build highly scalable, low latency, resilient mobile+web applications and backend systems.
  
• Build next-generation commerce software platform that allow customers to buy hardware and subscription products on multiple sites.
  
• Design innovative website capabilities to delight consumers as they learn about and purchase our hardware products.