Engineering Director, Geo Imagery & Real-Time Mapping

Socket.dev; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 307,000 - 427,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Maps’ Geo Imagery team seeks an Engineering Director to own the end-to-end platform that captures, processes, publishes, and serves geospatial imagery from Street View cars to satellites, and the core perception systems that help Maps understand what it sees and present immersive 3D photoreal experiences to billions of users.

The Geo team focuses on delivering the most accurate maps through Maps, Earth, Street View, and Maps Platform, with over a billion monthly users relying on these

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 15+ years of software engineering leadership experience.
• Experience in ML/Computer Vision, real-time data pipelines, 3D graphics/reconstruction, or hardware/sensor platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own the ML and computer vision technologies that process sensor data and improve Maps with AI-driven inference and real-time world-modeling.
• Direct hardware and software innovation for imagery acquisition engines and evaluate build-vs-buy opportunities to maintain coverage and freshness.
• Lead data pipelines that ingest, process, and publish exa-scale sensor data for Google Maps, Earth, and Maps Platform.

Skills

Software engineering leadership

Machine Learning / Computer Vision

Real-time data pipelines

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Job description

Google Maps’ Geo Imagery team seeks an Engineering Director to own the end-to-end platform that captures, processes, publishes, and serves geospatial imagery from Street View cars to satellites, and the core perception systems that help Maps understand what it sees and present immersive 3D photoreal experiences to billions of users.

The Geo team focuses on delivering the most accurate maps through Maps, Earth, Street View, and Maps Platform, with over a billion monthly users relying on these