Team lead Manager, AI Experience Product Framework

Google LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

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Equity

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Benefits

Job summary

Google LLC in New York, NY, USA, seeks a Tech Lead Manager for the AI Experience Product Framework. You will guide a team of engineers, set architectural goals, and drive end-to-end platform evolution in a data-driven, AI-first Search context.

You’ll mentor engineers, collaborate with Product Management and UX, and communicate milestones to senior leadership. This role emphasizes leadership and technical excellence in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• 8 years of software development experience.
• 2 years in people management or team leadership.
• Experience in backend, frontend, or leadership roles relevant to AI/Search platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing software team and set architectural goals.
• Drive technical execution across backend and frontend platforms.
• Mentor engineers and develop their careers.
• Partner with Product Management, UX, and platform teams.
• Communicate strategy and milestones to senior leadership.

Skills

People management

Software development

Technical leadership

Communication

UX collaboration

Experimentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

C++

Java

Kotlin

TypeScript

Job description

Team lead Manager, AI Experience Product Framework

Google New York, NY, 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.
  
• 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
• Experience in any one of the following areas: backend serving infrastructure; front-end or client-side UI application architecture and feature experimentation and delivery; or team leadership, technical project leadership, or formal people management.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience as a Tech Lead (TL), Tech Lead Manager (TLM), or Engineering Manager (EM) guiding engineers through project execution and career milestones.
• Experience with core Search serving systems (such as Superroot or GWS) or modern Search Next platforms (MaRS, Qflow, SNUI).
• Experience with C++, Java, Kotlin, or TypeScript/SFC web components.
• Experience with using experimentation to drive data-driven feature development.
• Ability to partner effectively with UX and Product partners to build complex, rich user interfaces.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with experience presenting technical strategy and project roadmaps to director-level leadership.

About the job

The AI Experience (AIX) Product Framework team builds the foundational frameworks and user-facing architectures that power Google's next-generation, AI-first Search experiences. We are evolving Search by modernizing and scaling these core platforms to enable new interactive journeys across all AI surfaces.

As a Tech Lead Manager, you will lead a high-performing team of software engineers. You will set the architectural goal and drive technical execution for both existing and next-generation platforms, while mentoring and developing the careers of your engineers. This role is an excellent opportunity for an experienced engineering manager or a senior technical leader ready to transition into people management, taking ownership of a critical, fully-staffed team.Your influence will extend across Search as you partner with Product Management, UX, and horizontal platform teams. You will be a key technical voice, responsible for communicating strategy and presenting milestone launches to senior leadership.

In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.

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 .

• Support, mentor, and foster career development for an established team of engineers; establish strong team health, culture, and sustained execution velocity.
• Drive end-to-end technical direction across backend serving architectures and frontend UI frameworks, steering migrations from legacy systems to next-generation AI-first stacks.
• Partner closely with Product Management, UX, and vertical and platform teams to evolve core SRP functionalities to new AI capabilities.
• Regularly articulate architectural decisions, technical trade-offs, and project execution milestones to senior leadership and cross-team partners.
• Uphold high standards for system availability, latency budgets, code health, testing, and operational reliability.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

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