Minimum qualifications Bachelor s degree or equivalent practical experience 8 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure distributed systems or networks or experience with compute technologies storage or hardware architecture 5 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role Preferred qualifications Master s degree or PhD in Engineering Computer Science or a related technical field Experience leading infrastructure teams through major technological shifts or platform migrations Experience in areas such as distributed systems performance optimization and reliability engineering Ability to influence and align priorities across leaders Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills Passion for addressing ambiguous open-ended problems with the ability to build and execute a clear path forward About the job Like Google s own ambitions the work of a Software Engineer goes beyond just Search Software Engineering Managers have not only the technical expertise to take on and provide technical leadership to major projects but also manage a team of Engineers You not only optimize your own code but make sure Engineers are able to optimize theirs As a Software Engineering Manager you manage your project goals contribute to product strategy and help develop your team Teams work all across the company in areas such as information retrieval artificial intelligence natural language processing distributed computing large-scale system design networking security data compression user interface design the list goes on and is growing every day Operating with scale and speed our exceptional software engineers are just getting started - and as a manager you guide the way With technical and leadership expertise you manage engineers across multiple teams and locations a large product budget and oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites internationally In Google Search we re reimagining what it means to search for information - any way and anywhere To do that we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on In joining the Search team you ll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally Responsibilities Impact the reliability speed and efficiency of Google Search s AI-powered experiences Lead a team building the ML infrastructure that powers Search guiding technical direction and long-term evolution Provide the clarity context and support your team needs to solve problems and deliver durable solutions Help the team navigate ambiguity and scale ideas from concept to production Invest in team growth and well-being building an setting where talented engineers can do their work Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or Veteran status We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements See also Google s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form