Senior Software Engineering Manager, Geo

1 Month ago • 8-13 Years • Product Management • Research & Development

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Job Description

As a Senior Software Engineering Manager on Google's Geo team, you'll lead and manage a team of software engineers across multiple locations. Responsibilities include building team strategy, fostering cross-functional partnerships, identifying new areas for development, driving execution and impact, and building a strong team culture. You will hire, coach, and mentor engineers, representing the Geo organization in various forums. The role requires significant experience in software development (Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript), technical leadership, and people management. You will oversee large-scale projects and contribute to product strategy, ensuring the accuracy and utility of Google Maps and related products.
Must have:
  • 8+ years software development experience
  • 5+ years technical leadership
  • 5+ years people management
  • Manage software engineering teams
  • Build team strategy and partnerships
  • Drive execution and deliver impact
Good to have:
  • Master's or PhD in Computer Science
  • Experience working in a large organization

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 in a technical leadership role; overseeing projects, with 5 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
  • 5 years of experience working in an organization.

About the job

Like Google's own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer goes way 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 Geo team is focused on building the most accurate, comprehensive, and useful maps for our users, through products like Maps, Earth, Street View, Google Maps Platform, and more. Every month, more than a billion people rely on Maps services to explore the world and navigate their daily lives.

The Geo team also enables developers to use the power of Google Maps platforms to enhance their apps and websites. As they plot a course for the future of mapping, they are solving complex computer science problems, designing beautiful and intuitive product experiences, and improving our understanding of the real world.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a team of Software Engineers with multiple first as well as potentially second line managers reporting into this role.
  • Build the strategy and charter for the team working with partners. Build cross-functional partnerships and relations for deep collaborative work in the domain.
  • Identify new areas that need work and convert those into concrete proposals. Drive execution and deliver impact by leading the team.
  • Drive to build a healthy and growing organization culture. Hire, identify potential talent, coach and groom for having a multiplicative impact on the organization.
  • Represent not just User Generated Content (UGC) but broader Geo organization in various forums.
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