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Senior Software Engineering Manager, Google Ads Advertising Platform

Google

Mountain View, CA
Full Time
Senior
248k-349k
3 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

Like Google's own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer (SWE) goes way beyond just Search. SWE 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 SWE Manager you manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. SWE 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. The Advertiser Platform (AP) is the bedrock of Google Ads, providing programmatic interfaces and data to power the Advertiser experiences. AP Infra team is responsible for all the infrastructure components that help advertisers from all over the world to build advertising campaigns to realize their business goals. Google supports all advertisers, from small and local businesses to large fortune 500 companies, and from the most established markets to emerging markets with significant growth. AP Infra team plays a critical role as curators and infra providers for first-party and third-party use cases across Google Ads, Search Ads 360 and Display Ads 360. Google is constantly innovating to deliver the most effective advertising and commerce opportunities of tomorrow. Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We're made up of multiple teams, building Google's Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership and manage a team of engineers working on major projects within the Google Ads Advertising Platform.
  • Contribute to product strategy and help develop the team to meet project goals.
  • Optimize code and ensure engineers are able to optimize theirs.
  • Guide the team in building infrastructure components that support advertisers worldwide.
  • Work across multiple areas such as information retrieval, artificial intelligence, distributed computing, and large-scale system design.

Requirements

  • Experience in technical leadership and team management in a software engineering environment.
  • Strong expertise in large-scale system design, distributed computing, or related fields.
  • Ability to contribute to product strategy and manage project goals.
  • Proficiency in optimizing code and guiding engineering best practices.
  • Experience working on infrastructure components or platforms supporting large-scale advertising or similar systems.

Benefits & Perks

  • US base salary range of $248,000-$349,000 plus bonus, equity, and benefits.

Working at Google

Google values innovation, collaboration, and impact, working across diverse teams to build products that create value for users, advertisers, and publishers worldwide.

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Job Details

Posted AtSep 25, 2025
Salary248k-349k
Job TypeFull Time
ExperienceSenior

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