Software Engineer Manager II, UGC Imagery, Geo

SOFTWARE_ENGINEERING
Japan
March 20, 2026
FULL_TIME

Job Overview

  • Date Posted
    March 20, 2026
  • Location
    Japan
  • Expiration date
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Job Description

2026-02-17T07:58:09.928Z

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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).
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
  • 3 years of experience in consumer-facing products.
  • 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
  • 5 years of experience managing and leading engineering teams.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with multiple teams and stakeholders.
  • Excellent relationship building, collaboration, and influencing skills.

About the job

Like Google’s own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer goes beyond just Search. Software Engineering Managers have not only the technical expertise to take on and provide technical leadership to major projects, but also manage a team of Engineers. You not only optimize your own code but make sure Engineers are able to optimize theirs. As a Software Engineering Manager you manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. Teams work all across the company, in areas such as information retrieval, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, security, data compression, user interface design; the list goes on and is growing every day. Operating with scale and speed, our exceptional software engineers are just getting started — and as a manager, you guide the way.

With technical and leadership expertise, you manage engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget and oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites internationally.

User-Generated Content (UGC) such as reviews and photos are a key differentiator for Google Maps and Search. Our team’s mission is to help users everywhere share their authentic real world experiences and make well-informed selections. We are continuing to innovate and improve the experience to make Maps and Search the best way to share about and discover the world around us.

As a Software Engineer Manager, you will lead our efforts in growing Geo’s UGC Imagery. You will lead an important team to enable more users to successfully share the photos that make Geo’s first-party imagery a key differentiator for Search and Maps.

The Geo team is focused on building the most accurate, comprehensive, and useful maps for our users, through products like Maps, Earth, Street View, Google Maps Platform, and more. Every month, more than a billion people rely on Maps services to explore the world and navigate their daily lives.

The Geo team also enables developers to use the power of Google Maps platforms to enhance their apps and websites. As they plot a course for the future of mapping, they are solving complex computer science problems, designing beautiful and intuitive product experiences, and improving our understanding of the real world.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a team of Full-Stack Software Engineers to strengthen and grow the UGC organization.
  • Develop the leadership and technical ability of the team.
  • Work closely with UX and program manager to define and refine product features and strategy, and pair these with the appropriate technical strategy.
  • Drive cross-team collaboration and prioritization with excellent processes and communication.
  • Define and execute operational processes to deliver impactful projects, including new product features experiments, platform enhancements, APIs, and system migrations.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google’s EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

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