Google is looking to hire a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for the life-cycle of how first-party (1P) and third-party (3P) device providers connect their devices and report to the Google Home Platform. The role involves managing cloud services and APIs for device synchronization, real-time state management, and command execution routing, while also driving strategy and execution for enhancing provider APIs, improving data quality, reliability, and scale.
Requirements
- 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
- 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
- Experience with API design.
Responsibilities
- Manage systems handling device life-cycle, data ingestion, cloud-based device control paths, and intelligent routing mechanisms.
- Set the technical direction, drive engineering excellence, and grow a team.
- Work at the intersection of cloud services, device ecosystems, and smart home technologies.
- Collaborate across time zones with Engineering stakeholders.
- Manage engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget and oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites internationally.
- Own the cloud services and APIs that manage device synchronization, real-time state management, and command execution routing.
- Drive the strategy and execution for enhancing our provider APIs, improving data quality, reliability, and scale.
Other
- 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
- Experience with technical strategy setting, road map planning, stakeholder management
- Experience working with clients and maintaining a user-centric approach to problem-solving.
- 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.
