Software Engineer Manager, Admin Access Platform, Dynamic Policy Engine

Google•Chicago, IL

3d•$207,000 - $300,000

About The Position

The Software Engineer Manager leads a team of Engineers while providing technical leadership on major projects, managing project goals, contributing to product strategy, and developing the team. The role sets technical direction for the Admin Access Platform (AAP) Dynamic Policy Engine, covering real-time access evaluation, federated domain management, and safe deployment tooling such as Mendel A/B experiments, and helps drive the overall AAP strategy. The position requires collaboration across teams with partners, technical leads, UX, product managers, technical program managers, and security policy owners to turn complex security requirements into scalable technical outcomes. It also involves communicating with stakeholders and leadership to develop OKRs and roadmaps aligned with company-wide mandates such as Adaptive Shield and Agentic Security, and ensuring best practices in design, development, infrastructure, security, privacy, and software maintenance. The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products, including underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure. It builds central solutions, addresses technical barriers, and strengthens systems across Google products. Individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. The stated U.S. compensation is $207,000–$300,000, plus a 20% bonus target, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development.
3 years of experience in a technical leadership role overseeing projects.
Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems, with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance, and reliability.
Experience in software engineering, software infrastructure engineering, security, Big Data and analytics, or cloud networking.
Experience in data processing using traditional and distributed systems (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Dataflow, Airflow) and algorithms (e.g., MapReduce, Flume), and building data pipelines (e.g., using Spark, Dataflow).

Nice To Haves

Experience programming in Java, C++, or Go.
Experience developing distributed and parallel systems, networking, software systems, or security software.
Experience building technical infrastructure.
Experience leading through technical and organizational challenges.
Experience leading collaborations in a distributed engineering organization.
Ability to lead teams toward a shared technical goal.

Responsibilities

Set technical direction for the Admin Access Platform (AAP) Dynamic Policy Engine, including real-time access evaluation, federated domain management, and safe deployment tooling such as Mendel A/B experiments, and help drive the overall AAP strategy.
Provide management and technical leadership to a team of Software Engineers.
Collaborate with partners, technical leads, UX, product managers, technical program managers, and security policy owners to translate complex security requirements into scalable technical outcomes.
Communicate with stakeholders and leadership to develop Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and roadmaps aligned with company-wide mandates such as Adaptive Shield and Agentic Security.
Ensure best practices in design, development, infrastructure, security, privacy, and software maintenance.
Manage project goals, contribute to product strategy, and help develop the team.