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- 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).
- 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role; overseeing projects, with 3 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.
Preferred qualifications:
- 12 years of relevant industry experience with 5 years of technical leadership or people management experience.
- Demonstrated expertise in upgrading legacy systems via incremental modernisation.
- Familiarity with databases and cloud platforms.
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.
- Lead the design and delivery of innovations in Cloud SQL Control Plane to a large set of customers.
- Own and drive the design, implementation, quality and rollout of key features that provide new managed databases experiences for our customers.
- Drive features and improvements to ensure availability, reliability, security and efficiency of Cloud SQL Control Plane.
- Collaborate with Engineering Managers, TLs, and Product Managers across various teams in Cloud SQL and in Google Compute Engine (GCE) and Google at large to ensure alignment on direction, plans and execution.
- Influence and shape the team's culture and process and drive long term technical direction. Grow and mentor other engineers into strong engineers.
