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Engineering Lead, Google Labs

Google · United States · Posted 2026-08-18

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Job description

Set and communicate team priorities that support the organization's goals. Align strategy, processes, and decision-making across teams. Set expectations with individuals based on their level and role and aligned to the broader organization's goals. Meet regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development and provide feedback and coaching. Develop the long-term technical goal and roadmap within, and often beyond, the scope of your teams. Evolve the roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs. Oversee systems designs within the scope of the area, and review product or system development code to solve ambiguous issues. Drive technical project strategy, lead ML infrastructure optimization, and oversee the design and implementation of solutions across multiple specialized ML areas. 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 with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products. Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field. 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role across a large organization. Experience bringing a new product or significant feature-set to market. Experience with streaming media, ideally live-streamed video at scale Experience with building or building on top of AI foundation models. Strong stakeholder management, alignment, and cross-company partnership skills, with experience developing joint product and engineering roadmaps cross-functionally.