Software Engineer Manager – Search Platforms
Lead engineering teams building and scaling Google's Search Platforms infrastructure. This is a senior management role based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
About the role
This role is an opportunity to lead a team of software engineers working on Search Platforms, a core part of Google's Search organisation. The position calls for a technically strong engineering manager who can guide teams through complex infrastructure and platform challenges at massive scale.
As an Engineering Manager, the selected candidate will be responsible for hiring, mentoring, and developing engineers, while also setting technical direction and ensuring high-quality delivery across the team's projects. The role demands close collaboration with cross-functional partners across Search and broader Google engineering.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing and growing a team of software engineers focused on Search Platforms
- Driving technical strategy, architecture decisions, and roadmap execution
- Partnering with product, research, and infrastructure teams to deliver platform improvements
- Fostering an inclusive, high-performance engineering culture
This position is based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India and sits within Google's Search engineering division.