Software Engineering Manager, Advertiser Platform Infrastructure and Experiences

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead multiple teams across locations, setting priorities, guiding architecture, and mentoring engineers.

You will oversee work on information retrieval, AI, distributed systems, and advertising technology, coordinating product strategy with a large budget and global partners.

This role emphasizes technical leadership, strategy alignment, and people management, with competitive compensation, equity, and wide opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• 8 years of software development experience.
• 3 years leading large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, compute/storage hardware, or related areas.
• 3 years in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years in people management or team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Set and communicate team priorities aligned with overall goals.
• Provide performance feedback, coaching, and development plans.
• Develop mid-term technical goals and roadmaps for multiple teams.
• Guide system designs and contribute code for complex problems.
• Review peers' code to ensure quality and best practices.

Skills

Software leadership

Large-scale infra

Technical leadership

People management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD preferred

Job description

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

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
• 2 years of Generative AI or Agentic AI experience.
• Experience with Ads technologies, Storage latency and optimization.

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.

Advertisers and publishers around the world use Google Ads to promote their products and grow their businesses. The Advertiser Platform (AP) is the bedrock of Google Ads, providing programmatic interfaces and data to power advertiser experiences.

The AP Infra team is responsible for the infrastructure components that support all advertisers, from small and local businesses to large Fortune 500 companies, in realizing their business goals.

Google Ads is at the forefront of AI innovation, applying cutting-edge machine learning and Generative AI models like Gemini to power a multi-billion dollar global business.

Our work directly impacts billions of users by protecting users from harm, improving ad quality, and optimizing campaigns for advertiser return-on-investment. We foster a culture of deep collaboration, partnering closely with teams like Google Research and DeepMind to solve complex challenges. Join us to work on state-of-the-art AI, take on problems at an unparalleled scale, and build the next generation of advertising technology.

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.

Responsibilities

• Set and communicate team priorities that support the broader organization's goals, aligning 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, providing feedback and coaching.
• Develop the mid-term technical goal and roadmap within the scope of your (often multiple) team(s), evolving the roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs.
• Design, guide, and vet system designs within the scope of the broader area, writing 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).

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