Senior Engineering Manager, Applied Innovation Factory, OCTO

Senior Engineering Manager, Applied Innovation Factory, OCTO

The Office of the CTO (OCTO) is a team of experienced engineers, sponsored by the Cloud CTO and CEO, whose mission is to foster market-disrupting collaborative innovation between Google and the world's most ambitious organizations. We believe small, empowered teams create market-defining breakthroughs. Within OCTO, the Applied Innovation Factory (AIF) is an entrepreneurial incubation program spurring Cloud and AI innovation through collaborative experimentation.

We partner with engineering teams and key customers to build technology that pushes real-world boundaries, turning early proof points into scaled products. Successes include bringing generative AI to drive-throughs, improving Cloud Code assist, and illustrating climate change risks using geospatial technologies.

As the Senior Engineering Manager for OCTO Alternative Investment Fund (AIF), you will build and lead a team of Software Engineers exploring transformative market opportunities. You will collaborate with OCTO's leaders, Google Product / Engineering teams, and strategic customers to create the future of Google, focusing on high-impact growth. You will bring an entrepreneurial spirit, taking loosely formed ideas into actionable insights and concrete outputs. Your leadership is marked by curiosity, and you must be eager to write code and collaborate directly with the team.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization's ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google's cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $248,000-$349,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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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).
• 5 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
• 5 years of experience developing or launching products or technologies within artificial intelligence or Machine Learning (AI or ML).

Preferred Qualifications :

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