Software Engineering Manager, Consumer Shopping Infrastructure

Google LLC; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

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Job summary

Google LLC in Pittsburgh, PA, USA is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead the Consumer Shopping Infrastructure effort. You will guide teams across architecture, APIs, and delivery to scale our shopping platform and align product strategy with engineering goals.

The role blends hands‑on technical leadership with people management, overseeing cross‑site collaboration, budgeting, and mentoring engineers to achieve impact at scale.

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 related compute/storage/hardware.
• 3 years in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years 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 and hire/manage talent.
• Develop mid‑term technical goals and roadmaps for one or more teams.
• Design, guide and vet system designs and contribute code to solve complex problems.
• Review code and provide feedback to ensure best practices and quality.

Skills

Technical leadership

People management

Distributed systems

Large-scale infrastructure

Software development

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master’s degree or PhD (preferred)

Job description

Software Engineering Manager, Consumer Shopping Infrastructure

Google Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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

• 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.

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 Consumer Shopping Interactive stack is the core engine powering non‑paid shopping services across Google. We serve Shopping’s product knowledgebase to billions of users across Web Search, Local Search, Lens, Image Search, YouTube. In this role, you will be responsible for the critical integration points and core serving logic that connects Google’s frontend surfaces to our massive product corpus. You will guide a team in scaling our architecture, designing robust APIs, and supporting onboarding new clients and features. Google Ads is at the frontier 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

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• 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 goal 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).

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