Google
Software Engineer Manager, Photos Agent/LLM Infrastructure
Google, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079
Software Engineer Manager, Photos Agent/LLM Infrastructure
Join Google as a Software Engineer Manager, leading a high‑performing backend team focused on Photos Agent/LLM infrastructure and large‑scale systems.
Location: Playa Vista, CA (preferred; available in Mountain View, CA and Los Angeles, CA).
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development.
3 years of experience with developing large‑scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
2 years of experience in a people‑management or team‑leadership role.
2 years of experience with state‑of‑the‑art GenAI techniques (e.g., LLMs, Multi‑Modal, Large Vision Models) or with GenAI‑related concepts (language modeling, computer vision).
Preferred qualifications
Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
Demonstrated people and organizational management skills.
Strong cross‑functional project management, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
About the Job Like Google’s own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer goes beyond just Search. Software Engineering Managers possess both the technical expertise to tackle major projects and the leadership to manage a team of Engineers. They optimize their own code and ensure teammates can optimize theirs. As a Software Engineering Manager you manage project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. Teams work 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, and more.
With technical and leadership expertise, you oversee engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget, and the deployment of large‑scale projects across multiple sites internationally.
Google Photos is a photo‑sharing and storage service developed by Google. Photos is one of the most sought‑after products at Google, and it is looking for both client‑side (web and mobile) and server‑side (search, storage, serving) as well as machine‑intelligence (learning, computer vision) Software Engineers.
Compensation US base salary range: $197,000 – $291,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. The base salary is determined by role, level, and location, while additional compensation is influenced by experience, skills, and education.
Responsibilities
Manage, support, and grow a high‑performing team of backend engineers, leading with management excellence and shaping and influencing the team culture.
Collaborate closely with product managers, other mission leads, and partner with mission TLs to set the long‑term technical strategy and engineering excellence goals for the team.
Perform day‑to‑day responsibilities that include career management, ensuring smooth team processes (including releases and interruptions), and enabling efficient execution of the roadmap across teams and functions.
Translate ideas into functional demos, enabling swift iteration and collaboration with cross‑functional teams.
EEO Statement 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.
Seniority level Not Applicable
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Information Technology and Engineering
Industries Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet
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Location: Playa Vista, CA (preferred; available in Mountain View, CA and Los Angeles, CA).
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development.
3 years of experience with developing large‑scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
2 years of experience in a people‑management or team‑leadership role.
2 years of experience with state‑of‑the‑art GenAI techniques (e.g., LLMs, Multi‑Modal, Large Vision Models) or with GenAI‑related concepts (language modeling, computer vision).
Preferred qualifications
Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
Demonstrated people and organizational management skills.
Strong cross‑functional project management, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
About the Job Like Google’s own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer goes beyond just Search. Software Engineering Managers possess both the technical expertise to tackle major projects and the leadership to manage a team of Engineers. They optimize their own code and ensure teammates can optimize theirs. As a Software Engineering Manager you manage project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. Teams work 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, and more.
With technical and leadership expertise, you oversee engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget, and the deployment of large‑scale projects across multiple sites internationally.
Google Photos is a photo‑sharing and storage service developed by Google. Photos is one of the most sought‑after products at Google, and it is looking for both client‑side (web and mobile) and server‑side (search, storage, serving) as well as machine‑intelligence (learning, computer vision) Software Engineers.
Compensation US base salary range: $197,000 – $291,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. The base salary is determined by role, level, and location, while additional compensation is influenced by experience, skills, and education.
Responsibilities
Manage, support, and grow a high‑performing team of backend engineers, leading with management excellence and shaping and influencing the team culture.
Collaborate closely with product managers, other mission leads, and partner with mission TLs to set the long‑term technical strategy and engineering excellence goals for the team.
Perform day‑to‑day responsibilities that include career management, ensuring smooth team processes (including releases and interruptions), and enabling efficient execution of the roadmap across teams and functions.
Translate ideas into functional demos, enabling swift iteration and collaboration with cross‑functional teams.
EEO Statement 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.
Seniority level Not Applicable
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Information Technology and Engineering
Industries Information Services and Technology, Information and Internet
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