Tech Lead Manager, Agentic Commerce

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

Job summary

Google is seeking a Tech Lead Manager to guide the vision and engineering of a next-generation AI commerce platform. You will mentor engineers, balance strategy with execution, and connect product goals to scalable systems.

Based in Mountain View, you will shape initiatives spanning agentic commerce, API design, and cross-organizational collaborations with Search and DeepMind. Strong ownership and leadership are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with full-stack software design and architecture.
• Experience developing consumer-facing applications within e-commerce, digital payments, or transactional platforms.
• Experience with enterprise platforms.
• Experience with people management.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers to design, build, and scale systems, prototypes, and platform capabilities for agentic commerce bets and next-generation shopping experiences.
• Drive the technical strategy and product roadmap for agentic commerce and new user experiences, partnering with cross-functional leaders.
• Contribute directly to the codebase and system design across the full technical stack, guiding end-to-end development.
• Manage and mentor a team of engineers, fostering rapid prototyping, iterative delivery, and long-term growth.
• Collaborate with global infrastructure, AI, and platform teams for seamless integration across environments.

Skills

8 years experience

Full-stack design

People management

Experience with e-commerce platforms

Experience with enterprise platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master’s degree or PhD (preferred)

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 full-stack software design and architecture.
• Experience developing consumer-facing applications within e-commerce, digital payments, or transactional platforms.
• Experience with enterprise platforms.
• Experience with people management.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• Experience building highly-scalable distributed systems.
• Experience with building Agentic experiences.
• Experience with collaboration across multiple teams.
• Proven track record of ownership and driving multiple software engineers for highly-visible projects.

About The Job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

As Tech Lead Manager, you will guide the technical vision and engineering team shaping Google’s next-generation AI commerce platform, featured at Google I/O 2026. Balancing strategic leadership with execution, you will mentor engineers and bridge product strategy with scalable systems to power AI Native Commerce.

Our team develops the foundational Universal Commerce Protocol and API layer enabling AI agents to interact directly with commerce backends across Google surfaces, including AIM and Gemini. You will lead critical initiatives spanning agent-to-merchant protocol design (discovery, cart, checkout), native system connectors, cross-organizational integrations with Search and DeepMind, and default-secure transactional trust and safety frameworks.

If you develop on fostering high-impact engineering cultures and defining the future of agentic commerce, lead this core pillar of merchant growth.

People shop on Google more than a billion times a day - and the Commerce team is responsible for building the experiences that serve these users. The mission for Google Commerce is to be an essential part of the shopping journey for consumers - from inspiration to to a simple and secure checkout experience - and the best place for retailers/merchants to connect with consumers. We support and partner with the commerce ecosystem, from large retailers to small local merchants, to give them the tools, technology and scale to thrive in today’s digital world.

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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• Lead a team of engineers to design, build, and scale systems, prototypes, and platform capabilities for agentic commerce bets and next-generation shopping experiences.
• Drive the technical strategy and product roadmap for agentic commerce and new user experiences, partnering closely with cross-functional leaders to identify high-impact growth opportunities and innovative technical solutions.
• Contribute directly to the codebase and system design across the full technical stack, while guiding the end-to-end development of new agentic commerce bets and experimental frameworks.
• Manage and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a high-performance culture focused on rapid prototyping, iterative delivery, technical excellence, and long-term career growth.
• Collaborate with global infrastructure, AI, and platform teams to ensure seamless integration of agentic commerce capabilities across technical environments and user touchpoints and environments.

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 .