Team lead Manager, AI Experience Product Framework

Google•New York, NY

9h•$207,000 - $300,000

About The Position

The AI Experience (AIX) Product Framework team builds foundational frameworks and user-facing architectures that power Google's next-generation, AI-first Search experiences. The team is modernizing and scaling core platforms to enable new interactive journeys across AI surfaces. As a Tech Lead Manager, you will lead a high-performing team of software engineers, set architectural goals, and drive technical execution for existing and next-generation platforms. You will mentor engineers and support their career development while taking ownership of a critical, fully staffed team. You will collaborate across Search with Product Management, UX, and horizontal platform teams, and communicate technical strategy and milestone launches to senior leadership. Google Search is reimagining how people search for information, across different methods and settings. The Search team works on complex engineering challenges and infrastructure expansion while maintaining an accessible and useful experience for people around the world.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development.
3 years of experience with full-stack development across backend codebases such as Java, Python, Golang, or C++, and frontend technologies including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS, or equivalent.
2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
Experience in at least one of the following areas: backend serving infrastructure; frontend or client-side UI application architecture and feature experimentation and delivery; or team leadership, technical project leadership, or formal people management.

Nice To Haves

Experience as a Tech Lead (TL), Tech Lead Manager (TLM), or Engineering Manager (EM), guiding engineers through project execution and career milestones.
Experience with core Search serving systems such as Superroot or GWS, or modern Search Next platforms such as MaRS, Qflow, or SNUI.
Experience with C++, Java, Kotlin, or TypeScript/SFC web components.
Experience using experimentation to drive data-driven feature development.
Ability to partner effectively with UX and Product partners to build complex, rich user interfaces.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience presenting technical strategy and project roadmaps to director-level leadership.

Responsibilities

Support, mentor, and foster career development for an established team of engineers; establish strong team health, culture, and sustained execution velocity.
Drive end-to-end technical direction across backend serving architectures and frontend UI frameworks, steering migrations from legacy systems to next-generation AI-first stacks.
Partner closely with Product Management, UX, and vertical and platform teams to evolve core SRP functionalities to new AI capabilities.
Regularly articulate architectural decisions, technical trade-offs, and project execution milestones to senior leadership and cross-team partners.
Uphold high standards for system availability, latency budgets, code health, testing, and operational reliability.