Senior Engineering Manager, Play Games
Google · Posted Oct 9
Search engine, cloud computing, software, hardware, and artificial intelligence services
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About the role
The Google Play team is part of the Android and Mobile organization, offering music, movies, books, apps and games synced across devices and powered by the cloud, and enhancing the Android ecosystem by giving developers and partners a premium store to reach millions of users. The team works on everything from backend systems engineering to product strategy and content partnerships. This role provides technical, product and strategic leadership for a team building user-facing gaming products, coaching Software Engineers and representing the team across Google.
What you will do
- Provide technical, product and strategic leadership for a team building user-facing gaming products.
- Work on team development, coaching, execution and overarching strategy.
- Participate in the full life-cycle of new modules/features. Shape product strategy, understand product requirements, contribute to system design, coach Software Engineers (SWEs) to implement and land these features.
- Represent your team to other teams at Google, finding collaborative ways to achieve shared goals.
Skills used in this role
Preferred qualifications
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 5 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.
- Strong interest with gaming in mobile gaming.
- Hands-on technical leader, comfortable with both technical/architectural detail and people management.
- Technical experience within the Play/Android ecosystem.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Google
Google LLC is an American multinational technology company focusing on artificial intelligence, online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, and consumer electronics. As a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., it is widely recognized for services like Google Search, YouTube, Android, and the Gemini AI ecosystem.
- Industry
- Internet
- Company size
- 180000+ employees
- Founded
- 1998-09-04
- Location
- Mountain View, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $25M raised
- 1999-06-07Series A$25M
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Senior Vice President and Chief Business Officer
Chief Executive Officer, Google Cloud
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