Software Engineering Manager — Lead Large-Scale Systems

Socket.dev; 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 teams working on large-scale infrastructure and distributed systems. You will guide project goals, help set product strategy, and mentor engineers across locations while overseeing budgets and deployments.

You will combine hands-on coding with people leadership, drive roadmaps, review designs, and ensure high-quality delivery across initiatives that span information retrieval, AI, and systems engineering.

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.

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 outlook and roadmap within the scope of your 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.

Skills

Bachelor’s degree/experience

Software development

Large-scale infra / distributed sys /云

Technical leadership

People management

Education

Master's or PhD in CS

Matrixed org experience

Hardware / security / cloud experience

Job description

Google in Sunnyvale, CA is hiring a Software Engineering Manager to lead multiple teams working on large-scale infrastructure and distributed systems. You will guide project goals, help set product strategy, and mentor engineers across locations while overseeing budgets and deployments.

You will combine hands-on coding with people leadership, drive roadmaps, review designs, and ensure high-quality delivery across initiatives that span information retrieval, AI, and systems engineering.