Software Engineer Manager, Full Stack, Platforms and Devices

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 8 years of experience in software development.
  
• 5 years of experience in software engineering, with 3 years of experience in a people management role leading technical teams.
• 3 years of experience with full stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, Golang, or C++ codebases, and front-end including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent.
• Experience integrating AI/ML techniques (e.g., Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision) into the software testing lifecycle.
• Experience with Android OS and the challenges in quality assurance for consumer devices (e.g., Laptops, Tablets, or Mobile).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 3 years of experience working in a cross-functional organization.
• Experience defining quality strategies for large-scale product launches.
• Experience in test automation frameworks and their integration with modern CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, or proprietary systems).
• Knowledge of both hardware-software integration and the Android application ecosystem, and understanding of testing methodologies (Agile, Shift-Left, and continuous testing).
• Ability to evaluate, select, and deploy AI-powered tools for tasks such as test case generation, predictive defect analysis, or automated failure classification.

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 focus on ensuring authoring tests and solutions for Laptops and Tablets (L&T) and Android platform developers in order to launch products with high quality. You will define and implement a strategy to use Generative AI and Machine Learning (ML) for test creation, maintenance, and defect prediction. You need to grow an innovative, and technically excellent organization. You are a collaborative and communicative technical leader who can translate organizational goals into an automated quality strategy, directly impacting the success of a major product line.

Google is an engineering company at heart. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to take on some of technology's greatest challenges and make an impact on users around the world. At Google, engineers not only revolutionize search, they routinely work on scalability and storage solutions, large-scale applications and entirely new platforms for developers around the world. From Google Ads to Chrome, Android to YouTube, social to local, Google engineers are changing the world one technological achievement after another.

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

• Develop a long-term strategy for leveraging Artificial Intelligence (e.g., LLMs, Generative AI) to author, maintain, and prioritize a full suite of Unit, end-to-end (E2E) and system-level tests for Android and Laptops and Tablets.
  
• Recruit, mentor, and lead a team of Software Engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and technical excellence.
  
• Collaborate closely with Product Management, Hardware Engineering, Software Development and partners to ensure testability is baked into the design process and to mitigate cross-functional and vendor dependencies.
  
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable and resilient test automation frameworks.
  
• Identify, analyze, and communicate quality risks related to new features, platform stability, and system interactions, providing data-driven recommendations to executive leadership.