Engineering Manager, App Ads

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 team's mission is to power the open and free internet by creating value for users, publishers, advertisers, and Google.

App and Display Campaigns are a significant contributor in generating business for Google Ads and empowering millions of advertisers and publishers worldwide.

In this role, you will be responsible for building end-to-end solutions that enable the advertisers to consistently meet and exceed their performance objectives. You will operate across the full technology stack, encompassing everything from optimizing ad serving mechanisms to developing sophisticated targeting capabilities and addressing other crucial advertiser requirements, or building frontend features for advertisers to manage their campaigns.

Google Ads is at the forefront of AI innovation, applying machine learning and Generative AI models like Gemini to power a multi-billion dollar global business.

Our work directly impacts billions of users by protecting users from harm, improving ad quality, and optimizing campaigns for advertiser return-on-investment. We foster a culture of deep collaboration, partnering closely with teams like Google Research and DeepMind to solve complex challenges. Join us to work on state-of-the-art AI, take on problems at an unparalleled scale, and build the next generation of advertising technology.

• Mentor, coach, manage, and foster the growth of talented engineers.
• Partner closely with Product Managers, UX, and cross-functional Software Engineer (SWE) managers to translate broad product goals into clear engineering requirements, plan and oversee their successful execution.
• Collaborate directly with customers to deeply understand their challenges, define specific problems, design innovative solutions, and guide the team in their implementation.
• Develop a clear portfolio of projects that aligns with team capabilities and business objectives.
• Own the team's current portfolio of products, ensure ongoing business value, effectively triage customer issues, suggest continuous improvements, and evolve the system for future success.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
• Experience with full stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, Go, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in developing and shipping production features.
• Experience working with two or more from the following: web application development, Unix/Linux environments, mobile application development, distributed and parallel systems, or developing large software systems.
• Experience partnering with product managers to translate goals into actionable plans.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams on shared designs and platforms.