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Engineering Manager/Director, Google.com

Location: Munich

Team: Software

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This position is based in Munich, Germany.

The area: Engineering and operations

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technology Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We're always on call to keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

The role: Engineering Manager/Director, Google.com - Munich

Like Google's own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer (SWE) goes way beyond just Search. SWE Managers have not only the technical chops to roll up their sleeves 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 SWE Manager you manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. SWE 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 world-class software engineers are just getting started -- and as a manager, you guide the way.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead a hybrid team of software engineers, system administrators, and operations architects on highly visible projects, with regards to deploying live end-user systems and mission critical services.
  • Own end-to-end availability and performance of Google's most visible services and properties.
  • Ensure a great, almost-100% reliable experience for Google users around the globe while simultaneously enabling a rapid pace of innovation and change in the services

Minimum qualifications:

  • BA/BS in Computer Science. In lieu of degree, relevant skills or equivalent experience.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Very high technical competence.
  • MS/PhD.
  • Extensive relevant hands-on technical management experience of software developers, systems administrators/architects, as well as, a record of individual technical achievement.
  • That rare mix of intelligence, integrity, domain knowledge, verbal agility, and diplomacy which allows you to rapidly earn the trust of technically astute teams across the company.
  • Excellent coding skill in C, C++, Java, sh/PERL/Python; expertise in UNIX/Linux use and internals, IP networking and network devices.
  • Capable of technical deep-dives into code, networking, operating systems and storage, yet verbally and cognitively agile enough to hold their own in a strategy discussion with Google's executive team.

The Big Picture

Munich office

Germans have a reputation for great engineering - and for knowing how to have a good time. At Google Munich, we’re doing our best to uphold both traditions. Our engineers work on global products and infrastructure, and our sales Googlers work with Enterprise product customers and digital advertisers big and small.

Location: Munich

Software

Develop the next-generation technologies that change how millions interact.

Team: Software

Engineering Manager/Director, Google.com

Location: Munich

Team: Software

Apply now

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