Software Engineering Manager II, AI/ML, Google Cloud AI

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

Job summary

Google in Sunnyvale, CA is hiring a Software Engineering Manager to lead multiple ML-focused teams. You will set priorities, guide architectural decisions, and align efforts with product strategy while mentoring engineers and reporting to senior leadership.

You will oversee ML design, deployment, and data processing at scale, ensuring high-quality code and impactful real-world AI solutions across Google Cloud and beyond.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of software development experience in multiple languages.
• 5 years in ML areas such as speech/audio, RL, ML infrastructure, or related fields.
• 5 years leading ML design and optimizing ML infrastructure.
• 3 years in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years in people management or team leadership.
• Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, CS, or related field preferred.
• 3 years of experience in a complex, matrixed organization with cross-functional projects.

Responsibilities

• Set and communicate team priorities aligning with broader organization's goals.
• Set expectations with individuals based on level and role, and provide feedback and coaching.
• Develop mid-term technical vision and roadmap across one or more teams.
• Design and vet systems, and write code to solve complex problems.
• Lead ML solutions, optimize infrastructure, and guide data processing strategies.

Skills

Software development experience

ML & AI topics

Leadership experience

People management

Cross-team collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's or PhD in Engineering/CS or related field

Tools

Python

C++

Java

JavaScript

Job description

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 with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
• 5 years of experience with one or more of the following: Speech/audio (e.g., technology duplicating and responding to the human voice), reinforcement learning (e.g., sequential decision making), ML infrastructure, or specialization in another ML field.
• 5 years of experience leading ML design and optimizing ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine tuning).
• 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 Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional or cross-business projects.

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 Cloud AI Research team addresses AI challenges motivated by Google Cloud’s mission of bringing AI to tech, healthcare, finance, retail and many other industries. We work on a range of unique problems focused on research topics that maximize scientific and real-world impact, aiming to push the state-of-the-art in AI and share findings with the broader research community. We also collaborate with product teams to bring innovations to real-world impact that benefits our customers.

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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• 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.
• Lead the design and implementation of solutions in specialized ML areas, optimize ML infrastructure, and guide the development of model optimization and data processing strategies.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.