Software Engineering Manager, Workspace Drive Web Front End and GenAI

Google•Boulder, CO

12d•$207,000 - $300,000

About The Position

Like Google's own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer goes beyond Search. Software Engineering Managers bring technical expertise and leadership to major projects while managing a team of Engineers. They optimize their own code and enable Engineers to optimize theirs, manage project goals, contribute to product strategy, and help develop their team. Teams work across areas including information retrieval, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, security, data compression, and user interface design. With technical and leadership expertise, the manager oversees engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget, and deployment of large-scale projects across multiple international sites. In this role, you will enhance the everyday lives of Workspace users with AI. Google Workspace products—including Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Sheets, Vids, and Meet—are at the forefront of AI-driven changes to work. The team builds future productivity tools, working with model builders at Google DeepMind and other leaders, with the potential to impact billions of users worldwide. The role manages a team on Drive developing full-stack intelligence features across Web and Mobile.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
Experience in front-end development with JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, and CSS, or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

1 year of experience with a mobile stack.
Experience leading technical project strategy, ML design, and optimizing ML infrastructure, such as model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging, and fine-tuning.
Experience with Android or iOS development, debugging, and deployment.

Responsibilities

Manage a team of individual contributors on Drive working on full-stack intelligence feature development across Web and Mobile.
Manage execution against quarterly planning goals, de-risk projects, and help the team deliver.
Grow and mentor direct reports, creating a culture of growth and psychological safety.
Contribute to the organization's strategic direction, working closely with Product Management to define product direction and with UX to refine features.
Streamline feature development and launch processes.