Engineering Manager, Health and Home Infrastructure

Google; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineers across multiple sites, shaping projects and mentoring engineers. You will align roadmaps with strategic goals, manage budgets, and ensure delivery of large-scale infrastructure initiatives.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, cross-team collaboration, and talent development while maintaining focus on performance, reliability, and scalable systems across Google Home projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of software development experience.
• 3 years of experience with large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or compute/storage/hardware.
• Experience with Infrastructure and Production Systems.
• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Experience leading engineering teams in distributed transactional storage.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and grow a team of software engineers. Drive hiring, onboarding, career development, mentorship, and performance management while fostering a high-trust, high-performance, collaborative team culture.
• Define and drive the strategic direction and engineering roadmaps aligning technical investments with Google Home’s long-term goals.
• Partner with client teams to establish clear roles and responsibilities for horizontal infrastructure.

Skills

Software development experience

Large-scale infrastructure

Distributed systems

Production systems

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's or PhD (preferred)

Job description

Applicants in the County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
• Experience with Infrastructure and Production Systems.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Experience leading engineering teams in distributed transactional storage.

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. The Google Home team focuses on hardware, software and services offerings for the home, ranging from thermostats to smart displays. The Home team researches, designs, and develops new technologies and hardware to make users’ homes more helpful. Our mission is the helpful home: to create a home that cares for the people inside it and the world around it.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

Responsibilities

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• Lead, manage, and grow a team of software engineers. Drive hiring, onboarding, career development, mentorship, and performance management while fostering a high-trust, high-performance, collaborative team culture.
• Define and drive the strategic direction and engineering roadmaps aligning technical investments with Google Home’s long-term goals.
• Partner with client teams to establish clear roles and responsibilities for horizontal infrastructure.

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