Engineering Manager, Looker, Google Cloud

Responsibilities:
Define the mid-to-long-term vision for the Looker Control Plane, identifying future challenges in multi-cloud orchestration and architecting a sustainable roadmap for global scalability.
Build, manage, and inspire a team of software engineers, guiding their career development, conducting performance reviews, and fostering a high-performing team culture.
Lead the resolution of open-ended problems where the solution is non-obvious, such as designing next-generation billing, multi-region disaster recovery, and migrations between clouds.
Exhibit leadership across multiple groups, navigating competing priorities, influencing system designs beyond your direct team, and partnering with product to ensure cohesive execution.
Partner closely with product management and cross-functional stakeholders to translate the product vision into a technical roadmap, prioritizing deliverables and ensuring successful execution of complex projects.

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, Go, or JavaScript).
3 years of experience in a technical leadership role overseeing projects, including 2 years of experience in people management, supervision, or team leadership.
Experience leading engineering teams working with container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes) and cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud Platform).

Preferred qualifications:
Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
Experience with building, scaling, and maintaining distributed systems and multi-cloud infrastructure.
Demonstrated ability to partner with cross-functional stakeholders (like Product Management) to navigate high ambiguity and define long-term technical strategy.