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.

Promotions, Loyalty, and Deals sit at the heart of the Google Shopping ecosystem as the primary drivers of consumer value and merchant differentiation. Google’s Merchant Shopping team is dedicated to empowering businesses by organizing their commercial data and making it accessible to millions of shoppers on Google.

As the Engineering Manager for the Loyalty and Deals Core teams, you will lead the foundational infrastructure and user experiences that enable merchants to share their Loyalty and Deals value propositions with Google at scale and showcasing them across the Google ecosystem, including Ads, Search, Chrome, YouTube, and Maps.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $207,000-$300,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. 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 benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Manage two engineering teams. Provide mentorship, career guidance, and performance management for a broad group of software engineers.

• Own the mid-to-long-term technical roadmap for Loyalty and Deals. Guide architectural decisions to ensure our systems can handle issues during peak events (e.g., Black Friday, Cyber Monday).

• Partner closely with Product Management, UX, and Business Development to define and deliver a product goal that increases user loyalty and merchant value.

• Oversee advanced web-crawling and LLM-based extraction efforts to identify and normalize loyalty and deals data directly from merchant websites and other channels.

• Drive high standards for "Ground Truth" metrics. Implement validation frameworks to ensure that the merchant data ingested meets Google’s strict quality and policy bars.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.

• 8 years of experience in software development.

• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.

• 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.

• Experience with crawling in web development.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.

• Experience leading teams of multiple engineers.

• Experience in designing and maintaining large-scale distributed systems or data ingestion pipelines.