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 Engineering, Computer Science, a technical related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 3 years of experience working in a changing 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.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a software development team.
- Contribute in all activities of software development, including ideation, MVP definition, design, delivery by building, designing, evolving, and scaling Kubernetes Networking solutions to meet current and future needs of GKE Platform, adapting to changing requirements and new areas of growth.
- Establish clear objectives, resolve problems into manageable milestones, and ensure timely, high-quality project delivery.
- Promote software development practices with a focus on code quality, testing, and operational excellence.
- Collaborate with product management, cross-functional stakeholders, and senior leadership to define the team's roadmap, align it with organization initiatives, drive strategy and new initiatives.