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Software Engineering Manager II, Engineering Productivity, Looker

California, United States (On-site)

Software Engineering Manager II, Engineering Productivity, Looker

1 Month ago • 8-11 Years • Product Management

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Job Description

As a Software Engineering Manager II, Engineering Productivity at Looker, you'll lead a team of engineers focused on improving development velocity, code quality, and code health. You'll set team priorities, guide system designs, review code, and provide coaching and feedback to your team members. You'll also work closely with stakeholders across the organization to ensure alignment and success. This is a full-time, on-site position located in Sunnyvale or San Francisco, CA.

Must have:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
8 years of software development experience
3 years of technical leadership experience
2 years of people management experience
3 years of experience building development productivity tools

Good to have:

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science
3 years of experience in a complex, matrixed organization
Excellent influencing and stakeholder management skills
Interest in building tools for test automation

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
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; overseeing projects, with 2 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.
3 years of experience building tools that improve development velocity, code quality, or code health.

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
Excellent Influencing and stakeholder management skills.
Interest in building tools to enable automation of tests need to ship quality systems.

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.

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.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $189,000-$284,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about .

Responsibilities

Set and communicate team priorities that support the broader organization's goals. Align strategy, processes, and decision-making across teams.
Set clear expectations with individuals based on their level and role and aligned to the broader organization's goals. Meet regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development and provide feedback and coaching.
Develop the mid-term technical goal and roadmap within the scope of your often multiple teams. Evolve the roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs.
Design, guide and vet systems designs within the scope of the broader area, and write product or system development code to solve ambiguous problems.
Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).

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$189.0K - $284.0K/yr (Outscal est.)

$236.5K/yr avg.

San Francisco, California, United States

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