Engineering Manager, Technical Lead, Google Photos
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Engineering Manager, Technical Lead, Google Photos
Location
Sydney NSW, Australia
Experience
Senior
Posted
Jul 18, 2026
Apply by
August 17, 2026
Applicants
0
Early applicantEasy applyFull-timeWork from Office
Job Description
info_outline XAt Google, we have a vision of empowerment and equitable opportunity for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and commit to building reconciliation through Google’s technology, platforms and people and we welcome Indigenous applicants. Please see our Reconciliation Action Plan for more information. Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree 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/team leadership role. 5 years of experience building full stack solutions, platforms or infrastructure. Preferred qualifications: Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field. 3 years of experience working in a changing organization. 3 years of experience in designing, maintaining, and improving engineering systems.
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. Our video editing backend team is brand new, as we are starting to leverage the power of Gemini in the video space. In this role, you will have the opportunity to shape the team from scratch and work alongside local cross-functional experts to deliver on the mission to use the power of AI to craft the stories of users' lives. With video now comprising a major share of the corpus, we have a huge opportunity to make video storytelling a powerful tool for the users to express themselves and preserve their life moments forever. Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. Photos is one of the most sought after products at Google and is looking for both client-side (web and mobile), with server-side (search, storage, serving) and machine intelligence (learning, computer vision) Software Engineers. We are dedicated to making Google experiences centered around the user.
Responsibilities Technical leadership - define and influence technical direction and long-term strategy in conjunction with other Engineering Managers and Tech Leads, helping the team make balanced tradeoffs, and prioritize engineering excellence investments in a systemic way. People management - formal career management and coaching to help your team grow in directions that are exciting to them. We can tailor team size and characteristics to match your experience, strengths and interests. People management - formal career management and coaching to help your team grow in directions that are exciting to them. We can tailor team size and characteristics to match your experience, strengths and interests.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and influence technical direction and long-term strategy in conjunction with other Engineering Managers and Tech Leads.
- Help the team make balanced tradeoffs and prioritize engineering excellence investments.
- Manage formal career management and coaching to help the team grow.
- Manage project goals and contribute to product strategy.
- Oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites internationally.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
Skills Required
Software developmentPythonCC++JavaJavaScriptFull stack solutionsPlatform developmentInfrastructure developmentTechnical leadershipPeople managementProject managementLeadershipCoachingStrategic thinkingCollaborationExperience working in a changing organizationDesigning, maintaining, and improving engineering systems
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