Software Engineering Manager, AIR Software Agents

Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
- 5 years of experience with design and architecture, and testing or launching software products.

Preferred qualifications:

- 5 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
- Experience with Generative AI (Large Language Models, Multi-Modal Models) and Agentic Technologies (MCP, ADK, A2A, etc.).
- Experience with software development on web or app platforms (e.g., Android, Chrome, Pixel).
- Experience building and deploying agentic systems or applications using Large Language Models.
- Experience as a technical lead or manager, with the ability to mentor Engineers and drive project execution and experience leading concept-to-launch projects, taking ambiguous ideas from concept to deployment.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, with an ability to work with cross-functional partners (e.g., Research, Product, UX).

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 Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Responsibilities

- Define and drive the team's technical strategy and road map, navigating the ambiguity of the product space. Establish and lead the India branch of the AI Innovation and Research Software (AIR SWE) Agents team.
- Collaborate with product teams across Platforms and Devices (P&D) to identify developer workflows or products, develop and land agentic solutions that translate into direct product impact for these teams.
- Partner with AIR teams and Researchers across Alphabet to integrate emerging AI capabilities and models into our agents.
- Foster a culture of experimentation, innovation, and data-driven decision-making to improve agent performance and reliability.
- Mentor the Engineers, cultivating a respectful and collaborative team environment.

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