Engineering Manager: Distributed Systems & Architecture

Google; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 480,000 - 492,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target 20%

Benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead and grow a team of engineers, guiding both people and code across multiple domains including information retrieval, artificial intelligence, and large-scale systems.

You will set project goals, contribute to product strategy, and help engineers optimize their work, while ensuring alignment with broader organizational objectives and budgets.

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, 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.

Skills

Software development

C++

Distributed Systems

People management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead and grow a team of engineers, guiding both people and code across multiple domains including information retrieval, artificial intelligence, and large-scale systems.

You will set project goals, contribute to product strategy, and help engineers optimize their work, while ensuring alignment with broader organizational objectives and budgets.