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Software Engineering Manager II, Engineering Productivity, Looker
$189,000 - $284,000/Yr
Google - Sunnyvale, CA
posted about 2 months ago
Full-time - Mid Level
Sunnyvale, CA
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About the position
The Software Engineering Manager II for Engineering Productivity at Google is responsible for leading a team of engineers to enhance development velocity, code quality, and overall productivity. This role combines technical expertise with leadership skills to manage projects, contribute to product strategy, and develop team capabilities across various engineering domains, including AI, distributed computing, and system design.
Responsibilities
- Set and communicate team priorities that support the broader organization's goals.
- Align strategy, processes, and decision-making across teams.
- Set clear expectations with individuals based on their level and role and aligned to the broader organization's goals.
- Meet regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development and provide feedback and coaching.
- Develop the mid-term technical goal and roadmap within the scope of your often multiple teams.
- Evolve the roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs.
- Design, guide and vet systems designs within the scope of the broader area, and write product or system development code to solve ambiguous problems.
- Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices.
Requirements
- 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.
- 3 years of experience building tools that improve development velocity, code quality, or code health.
Nice-to-haves
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
- 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
- Excellent influencing and stakeholder management skills.
- Interest in building tools to enable automation of tests needed to ship quality systems.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401k
- Paid holidays
- Flexible scheduling
- Professional development
- Employee stock purchase plan
