Software Engineering Manager, Looker, Google Cloud

Google; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Cloud is seeking an Engineering Manager for Looker in Hyderabad. You will lead a team of software engineers, guide technical direction, and ensure delivery of high-quality cloud data analytics solutions.

You will hire, coach, and develop engineers, aligning the team's roadmap with AI-enabled BI priorities and collaborating with Product Management and cross-functional teams. The role emphasizes ownership, architecture guidance, and stakeholder influence while delivering differentiated user

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript).
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 5 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
• 2 years of experience with GenAI techniques or related concepts.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate a team environment that is psychol ogically safe and encourages collaboration and innovation.
• Guide the team through complex architectural decisions and ensure high standards for code quality.
• Ensure the team delivers high-quality software on time and manage priorities/risks.

Skills

Software development

Technical leadership

People management

GenAI techniques

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD (preferred)

Job description

Software Engineering Manager, Looker, Google Cloud

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Advanced

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

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.
• 5 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
• 2 years of experience with GenAI techniques (e.g., LLMs, multi-modal, large vision models) or with GenAI-related concepts (e.g., language modeling, computer vision).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 5 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.

About the job

Google Cloud's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google Cloud's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. You will anticipate our customer needs and be empowered to act like an owner, take action and innovate. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of approximately 6-10 software engineers responsible for delivering an exceptional client experience for Looker. Your role is to build a team and guide them to execute on cloud data analytics priorities. You will hire, develop, and retain a team of software engineers. You will be responsible for their career growth, providing coaching, and managing performance to build an exceptional engineering organization. You will ensure the team's roadmap directly supports the critical goal of differentiated BI experiences using AI. You will collaborate closely with Product Management, other Cloud Data engineering teams, and customer-facing roles to respond to customer needs, and influence product direction.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate a team environment that is psychologically safe and encourages collaboration and innovation. Empower your team to take ownership and deliver outstanding results. Partner with Product Management and technical leads to define and execute the technical strategy for Looker.
• Guide the team through complex architectural decisions and ensure high standards for code quality are maintained through effective design and code review processes. Improve the end-to-end customer experience, from ease of use to debuggability and raw performance. Help customers profile their workload, and tune it for GCP.
• Ensure the team delivers high-quality software on time. Set priorities, manage the project execution, and communicate progress and risks to stakeholders across the organization.

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