Engineering Manager, YouTube Commerce

As a Software Engineering Manager at our organization, your role will encompass much more than just Search. You will be responsible for leading major projects, providing technical expertise, and managing a team of engineers. Your primary focus will not only be on optimizing your own code but also ensuring that your team of engineers can optimize theirs. In this leadership position, you will oversee project goals, contribute to product strategy, and play a key role in the development of your team. Our teams operate in diverse areas such as information retrieval, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, security, data compression, and user interface design. As a Software Engineering Manager, you will guide your team in working with scale and speed while continually striving for excellence. With your technical and leadership skills, you will manage engineers across multiple teams and locations, oversee a large product budget, and lead the deployment of significant projects across various international sites. YouTube, where this position is located, values the importance of every individual's voice and believes in building a better world through listening, sharing, and community-building. We are dedicated to empowering individuals to share their stories, discover their passions, and connect with others. By combining cutting-edge technology with limitless creativity, we aim to reflect the speed of culture and showcase the world to people everywhere. Our collaborative environment encourages the exploration of new ideas, the resolution of real-world problems, and the enjoyment of the process together. Your responsibilities as a Software Engineering Manager will include designing and implementing key platform features for YouTube Commerce, leading a team to drive all engineering aspects from requirements definition to release and monitoring, developing a long-term technical roadmap within billing and checkout, and collaborating with team leads and product managers across different YouTube Commerce teams to ensure alignment in direction, plans, and execution.,