Software Engineering Manager, Google Play Games

Google Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Inc. in Bengaluru seeks a Software Engineering Manager for Google Play Games.

You will lead multiple engineering teams, drive product strategy, and mentor engineers across domains such as Android apps, systems design, and AI-enabled features, helping shape the roadmap and delivery of high-scale services. This role requires ownership of outcomes, strong stakeholder influence, and a track record of recruiting and developing talent across a global project.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of software development experience.
• 3 years of Android application development experience.
• 3 years in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years in a people management or team leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Set and communicate team priorities aligned with the broader goals.
• Set expectations and provide performance feedback and coaching.
• Develop mid-term technical direction and roadmap for the teams.
• Guide system designs and write code to solve complex problems.
• Review code and ensure best practices across the team.

Skills

Software development

Android development

Technical leadership

People management

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree or PhD in CS or related field

Job description

Software Engineering Manager, Google Play Games

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Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders;deep expertise in domain.

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• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 3 years of experience with Android application development.
• 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 a 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.

AI fluency is an expectation in this role. Be prepared to discuss your knowledge and use of AI tools during the hiring process.

Google Play offers music, movies, books, apps and games for devices, powered by the cloud. It syncs across devices and on the web. As part of the Android and Mobile team, Googlers working on Google Play do everything from engineering our backend systems, to shaping product strategy, to forming great content partnerships. They make it possible for people to do things like buy an ebook or song on their Android phone, then have it instantly available on their laptop. The Google Play team enhances the Android ecosystem by giving developers and partners a premium store where they can reach millions of users.

Responsibilities

• Set and communicate team priorities that support the broader organization's goals. Align strategy, processes, and decision-making across teams.
• Set clear expectations with individuals based on their level and role and aligned to the broader organization's goals. Meet regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development and provide feedback and coaching.
• Develop the mid-term technical direction and roadmap within the scope of your (often multiple) team(s). Evolve the roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs.
• Design, guide and vet systems designs within the scope of the broader area, and write product or system development code to solve ambiguous problems.
• Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).

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