Director, Engineering, Search Ecosystems

Company: Google
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: April 3, 2021

Job Description:

Director, Engineering, Search Ecosystems Applications will be accepted through March 31st, 2021. Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of professional experience in engineering.
• Experience in technical innovation and leading engineering teams. Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science.
  • Experience at a high tech company with an established reputation for driving cutting edge products.
  • Experience with Search and Ads.
  • Understanding of the software development lifecycle process, including analysis and design, APIs, development tools and technologies, release and version control, contemporary testing methodologies, and deployment management.
  • Ability to think in a strategic manner to develop innovative product solutions. Global mindset and ability to operate effectively across regional boundaries.
  • Ability to recruit and develop technical talent and lead through influence, and work effectively with technical and cross-functional geographically distributed teams. About the job As the Director of Engineering within Google Search, you'll join the Google Search Ecosystems team. In this role, you will help transform the web to becoming more modern and immersive, shifting from a text heavy paradigm. In this role, you will lead a technical team of 100+ engineers, and work cross-functionally and across other key teams in Google to run the overall business to build and activate the ecosystem for delivering on this transformation. You will have critical partnership with several Google Product Areas, and engage with developers, content management systems and other external partners.As a Director of Engineering, you will use your technical judgment and extensive industry knowledge to build out the vision, execution strategy, and architecture by leveraging existing infrastructure. Managing and growing a team of technical leaders, you will work in a fast-paced environment where the business needs and the ecosystem are changing. You will create the vision and strategy that accounts for that evolution and build out engineering architectures that will be resilient to changes. Google is and always will be an engineering company. We hire people with a broad set of technical skills who are ready to take on some of technology's greatest challenges and make an impact on millions, if not billions, of users. At Google, engineers not only revolutionize search, they routinely work on massive scalability and storage solutions, large-scale applications and entirely new platforms for developers around the world. From Google Ads to Chrome, Android to YouTube, Social to Local, Google engineers are changing the world one technological achievement after another. Responsibilities
    • Provide technical vision and strategy for the future of the web, ranging from the technology stack to content formats to new paradigms of engagement on the web.
    • Design and lead a multi-year technical roadmap, balancing short and long-term technology investments.
    • Grow and lead a team of software engineers. Build a collaborative team environment across global sites, helping the teams execute to their maximum potential and actively develop and expand talent through effective mentoring, coaching, succession planning, and retention strategies.
    • Lead software development efforts by driving architecture selection, software design, execution, and operations to build out architectures that are resilient to change.
    • Collaborate with cross-functional partners including product management, UI/UX and T/PgM to drive product direction. Location 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 this form . To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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