Software Engineering Manager, Kotlin Compiler

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role overseeing projects with 2 years of experience in a people management, supervision or team leadership role.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working with compilers or developer tools in general.
• Experience working with many partner teams.
• Ability to contribute to open source projects.
  
  

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.

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 the Bengaluru based kotlin compiler team. Develop junior engineers on the team providing regular feedback to foster their growth and performance.
• Guide the team to build out new features in the kotlin compiler and pursue improvements to the overall reliability and performance of the compiler's various parts.
• Grow our close collaboration with the kotlin compiler team at JetBrains and work with the broader android studio team at Google.
• Support the growing kotlin adoption across the developer community, and the expansion of kotlin beyond android including initiatives like server and kotlin multiplatform.
• Support key areas such as Compose, Live Edit, and Android Lint.
  
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .