Director, Third-Party Developer Toolchain Services

Key Skills

Java Programming, Design of Experiment, Python Programming, SQL, SaaS, Streaming APIs

Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of professional experience, including 12 years of experience in software engineering building technical products and services.
• Experience with developer-facing products (i.e., APIs, integrated development environments, SaaS platforms, internal infrastructure).
• Experience managing global teams and working with cross-functional partners.

Preferred qualifications:

• 20 years of professional experience in a software engineering role.
• Experience building products, with data science, and ML Operations.
• Experience building cross-functional relationships and driving change across organizational boundaries.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle and DevOps practices, including analysis/design, APIs, development tools/technologies, release/version control, testing methodologies, deployment management, etc.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and desire for learning with the ability to guide teams on analytics, experimentation, modeling, and machine learning methods.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to explain complex and technical concepts to non-technical audiences in an engaging manner.

About the job

In this role, you will be responsible for delivering large scale, cloud-based services and AI-powered experiences that enable developers to build software, collaborate on projects easily, and deploy across any platform. You will lead engineering teams that are work on ways for developers to turn their ideas into exciting, useful products that reshape everyday life.

You will bring new perspectives to a mission-driven team that is united around the common purpose of empowering developers to build a better internet. You will directly impact how students grow their skills, entrepreneurs build their businesses, and organizations develop their products. You will also prioritize diversity and inclusion to further our efforts to open doors for developers of all backgrounds for careers and success in tech.

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical vision and strategy for the team, and lead a multi-year technical roadmap, balancing short and long-term technology investments.
• Lead a distributed team of engineers ranging from fully-remote to hybrid and office environments. Develop and grow talent through mentoring, succession planning, and retention strategies in a high-growth environment.
• Maintain operational excellence and technological advancement in delivering complex software platforms in a large-scale environment.
• Partner with Engineering, Product Management, User Experience, and Developer Relations teams to create, drive, and deliver an innovative, compelling, and user-friendly experience across Google’s developer platforms and tools. Interface with leadership teams across Google product groups to formulate and execute joint strategies.
• Drive collaboration across all software domains and product areas, including navigating constraints to make key launches happen successfully.