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Engineering Manager, Cloud SAP Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Level: Advanced Minimum Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience. - 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures and algorithms. - 5 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role. - Experience with Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) and agentic systems, and enterprise architectures. - Experience with cloud native deployments and services, virtualization, micro-services, and infrastructure as code. Preferred Qualifications: - 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization. - Experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), configuration management (e.g., Terraform, Puppet, Chef, CFEngine, Salt), and functional operations of server, storage, and network functions. - Experience architecting and developing software or infrastructure for scalable, high performance, distributed systems. - Experience with enterprise approaches for business continuity, disaster recovery, and backup and restore. 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. In this role, you'll manage engineers for a strategic initiative focused on SAP solutions for our large enterprise customers. You will have the opportunity to build and grow an engineering team to make Google Cloud the best home for SAP applications in the world. 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. Responsibilities - Build and extend the Google Cloud SAP portfolio of solutions and tooling. Be part of a highly innovative team working on generative AI efforts, including building the common agentic infrastructure needed. - Provide architecture guidance and lead the roadmap execution in a very agile and organizationally complex environment. - Partner with technical leadership in related organizations to chart a shared path forward that balances both the short and long-term needs, ensuring reliable and flexible system foundations. Partner with engineering teams within the Enterprise Workloads division for technical and product alignment. - Manage an organization of engineers from different job ladders - software engineers, test engineers, ABAP developers, and SAP architects in building solutions for deployment, monitoring, and end-to-end validation of SAP workloads on GCP. - Be responsible for career development and performance management, while maintaining an open team culture. Information collected and processed as part of your Google Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Google's Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy. Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy, Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal, Belonging at Google, and How we hire. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants .
Here's how to pick the right one and stand out in your application.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.