Software Engineering Manager, Geo Software Acceleration Team

Google

8 - 10 years

Hyderabad

Posted: 06/12/2025

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Job Description

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Hyderabad, Telangana, India; Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development.
2 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience in software engineering management, leading teams focused on developer productivity, test infrastructure, or complex automation platforms.
Experience in applying AI and machine learning to solve software development challenges (e.g., AI-powered testing, debugging, validation, or developer tooling).
Experience in software development, with an understanding of CI/CD, large-scale automated testing, and software quality assurance principles.
Ability to align team goals with broader organizational objectives and drive a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
Ability to collaborate closely with partner teams to understand their needs and co-develop solutions with excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

About the job

Like Google's own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer goes way 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.

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead our Geo Software Development Acceleration team (GSDA) across Hyderabad and Bengaluru. This team enables Geo Product teams to ship features rapidly by building specialized infrastructure and tooling.Our focus areas include building GenAI tooling and system health tooling, and improving overall Geo Developer velocity. You will be responsible for integrating AI to revolutionize debugging, testing, and automation. You will partner closely with key Geo product teams, co-develop solutions, and collaborate with the global SDA organization to share innovations.The Geo team is focused on building the most accurate, comprehensive, and useful maps for our users, through products like Maps, Earth, Street View, Google Maps Platform, and more. Every month, more than a billion people rely on Maps services to explore the world and navigate their daily lives.

The Geo team also enables developers to use the power of Google Maps platforms to enhance their apps and websites. As they plot a course for the future of mapping, they are solving complex computer science problems, designing beautiful and intuitive product experiences, and improving our understanding of the real world.

Responsibilities

Drive the team's technical strategy for enhancing developer velocity, including the development and maintenance of critical test infrastructure and automation frameworks.
Advocate the innovation to drive integration and development of AI-powered tools (e.g., for validation, automation, and debugging) to solve complex problems and transform the developer experience.
Provide technical experience throughout the product life-cycle including design, implementation and delivery of scalable build/test/release infrastructure.
Create the next generation developer tooling and infrastructure, focusing on productivity, testing and release, while balancing the needs of developers.
Recruit and manage the careers and professional growth of engineers and leads on your teams through project definition, individual coaching, and identifying relevant training classes. Lead a team of Engineers focused on improving developer velocity, scalability and reliability of the Geo products.

About Company

Google is a multinational technology company founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. It is best known for its search engine but also develops products and services in areas like online advertising (Google Ads), cloud computing (Google Cloud), operating systems (Android, Chrome OS), web browsers (Chrome), and consumer electronics (Pixel devices, Nest). Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., its parent company formed in 2015. It plays a major role in shaping the internet, AI, and digital innovation globally.