Senior Software Engineering Manager, Pixel Software Test
Job Description
- Master's degree in CS
- Experience in a matrixed organization
- Automation and mobile testing expertise
- Android development knowledge
- Machine learning knowledge
- 8+ years software development experience
- 5+ years technical leadership
- 5+ years people management
- Lead software testing efforts
- Develop scalable strategies
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams
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 related technical field.
- 5 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
- Experience in working with cross-functional teams defining the product excellence , root-causing defects, and influencing the quality KPIs.
- Experience or deep knowledge on automation and Mobile testing.
- Knowledge of Android development, machine learning and its tools.
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.
In this role, you will play a key role in ensuring the overall quality and user experience of Google Pixel and related devices. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams across multiple sites, including Taiwan, the US, Shanghai, and London. Your scope will encompass infrastructure and tooling development, integration, field and carrier testing, pre-certification testing, quality analysis, and more.
The Google Pixel team focuses on designing and delivering the world's most helpful mobile experience. The team works on shaping the future of Pixel devices and services through some of the most advanced designs, techniques, products, and experiences in consumer electronics. This includes bringing together the best of Google’s artificial intelligence, software, and hardware to build global smartphones and create transformative experiences for users across the world.
Responsibilities
- Lead software testing efforts from planning, execution and delivery that solve or strategically take on our business objectives.
- Lead or deliver scalable strategy for product excellence.
- Empower team's ability to identify defects and make actionable, develop or adapt the infrastructures/tools for productivity.
- Guide, analyze and decompose complex systems to surface root causes, identify patterns that lead to general solutions for broader applications.
- Collaborate with teams across Google, working with different cultures, job functions, and backgrounds.
