Software Engineering Manager II, Google Cloud

United States Digital Space LLC; Karnataka; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead multiple engineering teams across information retrieval, AI, NLP, distributed computing and large-scale system design. You will guide project goals, contribute to product strategy, and help develop your team while maintaining code quality and performance.

The role emphasizes scaling software at hyperscale level, coordinating across sites internationally, managing a large product budget, and driving deployment of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of software development experience in one or more languages.
• 3 years in a technical leadership role with people management responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Set and communicate team priorities aligned to broader goals.
• Provide feedback, coaching, and development discussions with engineers.
• Develop mid-term technical vision and roadmap for multiple teams.
• Design, guide and review system designs; contribute code as needed.
• Review code and enforce best practices, including testing and efficiency.

Skills

5 years software development

3 years technical leadership

people management experience

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Python

C

C++

Java

JavaScript

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role; overseeing strategic projects, with 2 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.

About the job

Like the company'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 AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower the company customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, the company Cloud customers, and billions of the company users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind the company's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for the company Cloud, the company Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

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 vision 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).

the company is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also the company's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.