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Senior Software Engineering Manager, Shopping

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Senior Software Engineering Manager, Shopping

Warsaw, Poland

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)
  • 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role; overseeing projects, with 5 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.
Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  • 5 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
  • Experience directly managing a large team or organization and all that entails (e.g., career development, recruiting, improving collaboration, communication).

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  • Ability to make thoughtful and sometimes difficult organizational and technical choices around where to invest and divest to achieve project success.
  • A passion for both infrastructure and quality work.

  • 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.

    One of the top Shopping priorities is excelling at inventory selection. In this role, you'll own several pieces of the infrastructure and will be responsible for the quality of Shopping Graph. You'll be responsible for defining the strategy and partnering with teams to leverage ML-based approaches to scale our data extraction systems and understand the valuable shopping content. As a people manager, you'll also be responsible for developing the engineers across the team ensuring a stable, safe, and effective organizational setup to deliver impactful results.

    People shop on Google more than a billion times a day - and the Commerce team is responsible for building the experiences that serve these users. The mission for Google Commerce is to be an essential part of the shopping journey for consumers - from inspiration to to a simple and secure checkout experience - and the best place for retailers/merchants to connect with consumers. We support and partner with the commerce ecosystem, from large retailers to small local merchants, to give them the tools, technology and scale to thrive in today's digital world.

    Responsibilities

    • Manage a team and/or other managers as an organization leader in Shopping team with a focus on Data Mining, Experiments, Logging, Metrics and the associated infrastructure, on-call rotations, and cross-Product Aresa client support that entails.
    • Define metrics and develop roadmaps for successfully improving Shopping graph quality and widen its applications in Shopping and beyond.
    • Be the accountable organizational leader across Shopping with the Vice President and Shopping lead visibility in areas of ownership.
    • Create new-to-Google infrastructure and programs which enable step-function improvements in Shopping corpus.
    • Partner with different stakeholders throughout Shopping to maximize success.

    Client-provided location(s): Warsaw, Poland
    Job ID: Google-136671034295100102
    Employment Type: Other

    Perks and Benefits

    • Health and Wellness

      • Health Insurance
      • Dental Insurance
      • Vision Insurance
      • Life Insurance
      • Short-Term Disability
      • Long-Term Disability
      • FSA
      • HSA
      • Fitness Subsidies
      • On-Site Gym
      • Mental Health Benefits
      • Health Reimbursement Account
      • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Parental Benefits

      • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
      • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
      • Fertility Benefits
      • Adoption Assistance Program
      • Family Support Resources
      • Adoption Leave
    • Work Flexibility

      • Hybrid Work Opportunities
    • Office Life and Perks

      • Commuter Benefits Program
      • Casual Dress
      • Pet-friendly Office
      • Snacks
      • Some Meals Provided
      • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Vacation and Time Off

      • Paid Vacation
      • Paid Holidays
      • Personal/Sick Days
      • Leave of Absence
      • Volunteer Time Off
    • Financial and Retirement

      • 401(K) With Company Matching
      • Company Equity
      • Performance Bonus
      • Financial Counseling
    • Professional Development

      • Tuition Reimbursement
      • Internship Program
      • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Diversity and Inclusion

      • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

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