Software Engineering Manager, Wear OS

Google

5 - 7 years

Bengaluru

Posted: 13/06/2025

Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures/algorithms.
3 years of experience in a technical leadership role overseeing projects,.
2 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience with high-quality Android apps.
Experience building and maintaining APIs.
Ability to learning new skills and cultivate additional expertise.
Ability to manage a team.

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.

We build the Wear OS platform for wearables to help users live healthier and more productive lives. Wear OS offers a range of functionalities, including notifications, fitness tracking, media, voice commands, and access to a variety of apps via the Google Play Store. WearOS is Android based OS which is developed by Google specifically for smart watches.

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of engineers fostering their development through mentorship and by seeking avenues for their advancement.
Develop product or system Android development code (Kotlin/ Java) to build WearOS Media services, developer APIs and applications like Wear Media remote service, Media Playback and Cast Integration.
Design APIs and services for specific app verticals, (e.g., Media) to improve the product experience and reduce the cost to developers of building apps for Wear OS.
Collaborate with Android DevRel and first-party teams to identify opportunities to improve the developer story.
Contribute across the Wear OS stack, from developing new APIs to building UIs and enhancing frameworks.

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.