Job Description
The Software Engineering Manager II leads team efforts in developing large-scale infrastructure for distributed systems, guiding projects across multiple sites. This accelerates global computing services, benefiting organizations with reliable platforms. Management involves reviewing code, setting priorities, and aligning strategies using languages like Python or C++.
Google Cloud offers solutions that transform businesses through AI and infrastructure, serving over 200 countries. The company delivers enterprise-grade tools for sustainable development. Google's infrastructure spans information retrieval, AI, and networking at hyperscale.
The role requires setting team goals, providing feedback to developers, evolving technical visions, and designing systems. Managers review code for efficiency, collaborate on roadmaps for future needs, and lead in complex organizations. They work with engineering teams on deployments, emphasizing best practices in testing and style. A challenge includes coordinating across locations and budgets.
The US base salary range is $197,000-$291,000, plus bonus and equity. Full-time management roles include health benefits and skill-building programs. Schedules may involve international coordination with flexible arrangements.
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 vision and roadmap within the scope of your (often multiple) team(s). 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 (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency)
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 building and developing large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems
- 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role
- 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
- 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization