* Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
* 8 years of experience in software development.
* 3 years of experience with embedded operating systems.
* 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
* Experience in managing a technical team working in Linux/Android systems.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
* Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
* 12 years of experience in a complex matrix organization.
* Familiarity with Mobile and PC gaming.
* Ability to build scalable, performant, and secure systems.
* Ability to enjoy learning recent things to work with a wide variety of features
and tech stacks.
* Excellent technical communication and collaboration skills.
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.
The Platforms and Ecosystems product area encompasses Google's various computing
software platforms across environments (deskt