Engineering Manager, Consensus

Google LLC; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 480,000 - 492,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Warsaw is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead and mentor a team of engineers, shaping project goals and product strategy across multiple sites. You will guide architecture decisions for Google's core infrastructure and work with SRE to ensure reliability and performance at scale.

The role requires strong leadership, deep C++ expertise, and distributed systems experience, with responsibilities spanning cross-team collaboration, budget planning, and long-term technical

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development, C++ and distributed systems.
• 5 years of experience in a people management role within software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers across multiple locations.
• Define and drive system architectures and strategies for core infrastructure.
• Partner with SRE to improve reliability and maintainability of the stack.
• Own strategic outcomes for high-impact projects and align with OKRs.

Skills

8+ years software development

People management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

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• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development, C++ and Distributed Systems.
• 5 years of experience in a people management role within software engineering.

Preferred qualifications:

• 10 years of experience with system architecture.
• Experience with distributed systems and Google production infrastructure will be an advantage.

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.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

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.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Poland: zł480000 - zł492000 (PLN) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google .

• Lead, manage, and grow a team of software engineers, provide active mentorship, coaching, and career guidance to both junior and senior engineers, fostering a collaborative engineering culture.
• Guide, vet, and drive system architectures and strategies for Google's core infrastructure.
• Partner closely with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to proactively triage, root-cause, and resolve complex production or system issues, driving systemic reliability and maintainability improvements throughout the stack.
• Own strategic outcomes for multiple high-impact projects from the consensus portfolio, planning resources, establish Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), navigate ambiguity, and optimize project velocity to deliver against long-term goals.

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