Engineering Manager, Classroom Mobile Platform Team

Google LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in New York, NY, USA is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Classroom Mobile Platform team. You will lead a mobile engineering group, guiding architecture decisions and delivery while fostering innovation and collaboration across product, UX, and research teams.

The role emphasizes people leadership, technical direction, and building a healthy team culture in a fast-paced educational technology environment. Interviews are in-person in most cases.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coach the Classroom Mobile Platform engineering team of about 8.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the team as they design and build new software systems.
• Partner with technical leads and managers from partner engineering teams to ensure that we are working effectively together to land key topline metrics and organization goals.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners in user research, design, and product to understand educators’ needs, and to translate them into the right technical decisions and systems.
• Maintain a healthy and effective team culture for your team and partner teams.

Skills

Software development experience

Technical leadership

People management

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Dart

Flutter

Java

Swift

Job description

Engineering Manager, Classroom Mobile Platform Team

Google New York, NY, USA

X In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process

• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience building and maintaining effective, collaborative engineering teams.
• Experience with one of our core languages: Dart, Java, Swift.
• Experience working with and learning from a cross-functional team of collaborators including engineers, product managers, and user experience designers and researchers.
• Knowledge of educational technology, at either the elementary or higher education levels.

About the job

Google plays an important role in education around the world – with hundreds of millions of students using Classroom, Workspace, Chromebooks, YouTube, and more. At Google Classroom, we have an incredible opportunity to transform teaching and learning at scale for our 150M+ customers!

Google Classroom is a learning platform that streamlines assignments, boosts collaboration, and fosters seamless communication between instructors and students. Classroom aims to be the simplest and most efficient way for any educator to manage, measure, and drive student learning outcomes.

The Classroom Mobile Platform team's mission is to build a reliable, accessible, and well-crafted experience that empowers users from any background to learn and teach on mobile.

Google Classroom's mobile applications are built primarily in Flutter and Dart. The Mobile Platform team is dedicated to making every aspect of this development process easy, fast, and effective. We collaborate directly with feature teams to understand their needs, investing in initiatives that align with our broader organizational priorities.

Today, we are at an exciting inflection point where GenAI is poised to drive a step-change in teaching and learning—and our platform is helping make that happen.

As the team's manager, you will be working with both engineering and cross-functional partners to lead and guide key investments and infrastructure projects. You will guide and coach a talented team of mobile engineers, ensuring that the team is working on the most important priorities while encouraging creativity and innovation in these exciting and dynamic times. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

• Manage and coach the Classroom Mobile Platform engineering team of about 8.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to the team as they design and build new software systems.
• Partner with technical leads and managers from partner engineering teams to ensure that we are working effectively together to land key topline metrics and organization goals.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners in user research, design, and product to understand educators’ needs, and to translate them into the right technical decisions and systems.
• Maintain a healthy and effective team culture for your team and partner teams.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is your sole contractual partner with respect to equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right.