Software Engineering Manager, Engineering Productivity

Job Description Minimum qualifications: - Bachelor's degree, or equivalent practical experience. - 8 years of experience in software development. - 4 years of experience building developer tools, test automation frameworks, or infrastructure to improve engineering productivity. - 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role. - 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role. Preferred qualifications: - Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field. - Experience establishing and growing new engineering teams. - Experience in the Networking domain. - Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working with globally distributed teams. 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 GGN Engineering Productivity team's mission is to provide common tooling to support all of Google Global Infrastructure (GGI) Engineering in testing, testbeds, and labs. We provide testing as a service to GGN for functional and integration testing, offer resource reservation and isolation for lab environments, maintain all necessary test execution infrastructure, and work with external teams to develop cohesive test strategies. In this role, you will lead the Engineering Productivity team in Bengaluru. You will be responsible for hiring, coaching, and managing a team of software engineers to design, build, and support tools and infrastructure that enhance engineering velocity and quality. Google Cloud accelerates every organization's ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems. Responsibilities - Lead and grow the new Bengaluru site for the Google Global Networking (GGN) Engineering Productivity organization, delivering productivity tools and infrastructure for GGN organization. - Build/manage a high-performing team of Engineers through hiring, coaching, mentoring, and creating an effective organizational structure fostering delegation, collaboration, and knowledge sharing. - Achieve business goals for the team, ensuring alignment with the global GGN Engineering Productivity mission and GGN priorities. Establish strong partnerships and influence across organizations and geo, particularly within GGN and with teams in India. Set and align stakeholder expectations. - Ensure sound technical direction for projects undertaken by Bengaluru team. Guide, vet system designs, review code, and ensure adherence to best practices. - Collaborate closely with teams in other sites (Sunnyvale, Cambridge) to ensure consistency and leverage of tooling and infrastructure. Contribute to documentation and educational content. 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 .