Software Engineer Manager II, Spanner Enterprise

Google; Town of Montana (WI); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target

Job summary

Google in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a Software Engineering Manager II for Spanner Enterprise to lead multiple teams building scalable, distributed database features. You will guide technical direction, coach engineers, and drive project goals in a fast-paced, global environment.

The role combines hands-on coding with people leadership, requiring experience in large-scale systems, product roadmaps, and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of software development experience.
• 2 years in a people management or team leadership role.
• Experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.
• Experience devising product vision, roadmaps, and execution with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage SWEs to work on large-scale feature development and integrate with other products in the wider Spanner ecosystem.
• Collaborate with Spanner teams and leadership to define future roadmaps.
• Manage a team across multiple sites and adapt to new tools.

Skills

People management

Distributed systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Product vision

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD in Computer Science or related

Job description

Software Engineer Manager II, Spanner Enterprise

Location: Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Experience Level: Advanced

Advanced Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain.

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.
• 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
• Experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.
• Experience devising product vision, product roadmap(s), and execution working with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
• Experience with Distributed Databases or Distributed 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.

Spanner is a globally-replicated, scalable, SQL-aware database that provides strong consistency guarantees and is a key asset of Google's product portfolio of storage services. In this role, you will be responsible for managing a team to build critical features and enhance their scalability, reliability, and availability. You will support and coach a group of engineers, lead projects with their impact across Google, and work on a broad range of technical areas.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207,000 - $300,000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Manage SWEs to work on large-scale feature development and integrate with other products in the wider Spanner ecosystem.
• Collaborate closely with other Spanner teams and broader partner teams and work with manager and Spanner leadership to define future Spanner roadmaps.
• Manage a team, work with backend technologies, collaborate across multiple teams to achieve long-term goals, and continuously adapt to new tools.

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