Senior Software Engineering Manager, Agentic and UI Automation Experiences

Google•Mountain View, CA

11d•$262,000 - $364,000

About The Position

As a Software Engineering Manager, you provide technical leadership for major projects while managing a team of engineers. You manage project goals, contribute to product strategy, and develop your team. The role involves managing engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget, and deployment of large-scale projects across multiple international sites. The team is transforming Android into an AI-powered operating system by integrating agentic capabilities. It uses large language models (LLMs) and machine learning to build agents that fulfill complex user requests through UI automation, tool calling, and hybrid architectures. The role addresses challenges including building and deploying LLM solutions, developing agents that interpret screen content and user behavior and execute actions through APIs, improving model efficiency and latency for mobile hardware, and partnering with GDM on pre-training and post-training Gemma models for computer use and tool calling. The Platforms and Devices team develops computing software platforms across desktop, mobile, and applications, as well as first-party devices and services combining Google AI, software, and hardware. The team researches, designs, and develops technologies intended to make user interactions with computing faster and more seamless. Individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US salary: $262,000–$364,000, plus a 25% bonus target, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin, or Go.
5 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
5 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
Experience with machine learning, large language models, Python, and machine learning optimization.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or PhD in machine learning, or 5 years of industry experience in applied machine learning or machine learning research.
Expertise in NLP, LLMs, and computer vision.
Knowledge of the Android framework.
Strong programming skills in Python and C++.
A passionate and respectful team player who can grow the team and brings leadership, collaboration, problem-solving, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

Perform advanced machine learning modeling with large language models (LLMs).
Develop AI agents that understand user behavior and screen content and use tools and APIs.
Optimize machine learning models for on-device performance.
Work closely with the GDM, Gemma Frontier, Gemini app, and Android framework teams.
Provide technical leadership for major projects and manage a team of engineers.
Manage project goals, contribute to product strategy, and help develop the team.
Manage engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget, and deployment of large-scale projects across multiple international sites.