Software Engineering Manager, Google Classroom

1 Week ago • 8-11 Years • Full Stack Development

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Job Description

As a Software Engineering Manager at Google Classroom, you'll lead a team developing and maintaining the core web application. Responsibilities include managing and growing a high-performing engineering team, collaborating with product and UX teams, establishing software development best practices, and influencing the technical direction of the product. You will work on a product used by hundreds of millions of students globally, contributing to Google's significant impact on education. The role requires strong technical expertise, leadership skills, and a passion for improving educational outcomes. You will oversee large-scale projects, manage a significant product budget, and collaborate across multiple teams and locations internationally.
Must have:
  • 8+ years software development experience
  • 3+ years technical leadership
  • 2+ years people management
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • Manage and grow engineering teams
  • Collaborate with product and UX teams
Good to have:
  • Master's or PhD in Computer Science
  • Experience with modern web frameworks (Angular, React)
  • Experience in changing organizations
  • Passion for education

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).
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role; overseeing projects, with 2 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.
  • 3 years of experience working in a changing organization.
  • Experience developing software systems (e.g., web applications) with active users.
  • Experience with web application development using a modern web framework (e.g., Angular, React).
  • Passion for education and supporting the world’s educators to improve outcomes for learners.

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.

Google Classroom is a learning platform that streamlines assignments, boosts collaboration, and supports communication between educators and learners. The goal is to be an efficient way for educators to manage, measure, and drive student learning outcomes.


As a Software Engineering Manager on the Google Classroom team, you will lead a team of engineers responsible for developing and maintaining the core of the Classroom web app.

Google plays an important role in education around the world – with hundreds of millions of students using Google Classroom, Google Workspace, Chromebooks, YouTube, and more. In addition to powering these core products, we’re experimenting with new tools to advance the boundaries of how education leaders understand and guide their schools, staff, and students.

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Responsibilities

  • Manage, support, and grow a high-performing team of engineers, leading the team with management excellence and shaping and influencing the team culture.
  • Collaborate with leads to influence the technical idea of the team and the direction of the Classroom Web product.
  • Establish and drive software development best practices.
  • Collaborate with product managers, UX, and partner teams to support impact.
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