Senior Software Engineering Manager — Lead Teams (Equity)

Google LLC; San Bruno (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC's YouTube division is seeking a Software Engineering Manager II to lead multiple teams, shaping technical direction and personnel development. You will guide project goals, contribute to product strategy, and ensure engineers optimize their work across distributed, large-scale systems.

You will mentor engineers, manage budgets, and oversee large-scale deployments across sites, while maintaining focus on information retrieval, AI, NLP, and related domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years of experience in people management or team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Set and communicate team priorities that support the broader organization's goals. Align strategy, processes, and decision-making across teams.
• Set clear expectations with individuals based on their level and role and aligned to the broader organization's goals. Meet regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development and provide feedback and coaching.
• Develop the mid-term technical vision and roadmap within the scope of your (often multiple) team(s). Evolve the roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs.
• Design, guide and vet systems designs within the scope of the broader area, and write product or system development code to solve ambiguous problems.
• Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).

Skills

Technical leadership

People management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Google LLC's YouTube division is seeking a Software Engineering Manager II to lead multiple teams, shaping technical direction and personnel development. You will guide project goals, contribute to product strategy, and ensure engineers optimize their work across distributed, large-scale systems.

You will mentor engineers, manage budgets, and oversee large-scale deployments across sites, while maintaining focus on information retrieval, AI, NLP, and related domains.