
Software Engineer Manager, Admin Access Platform, Dynamic Policy Engine
Chicago, ILJob$207–300K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Google’s Software Engineer Manager will lead engineers and set technical direction for the Admin Access Platform Dynamic Policy Engine. The role focuses on real-time access evaluation, federated domain management, safe deployment tooling, and broader platform strategy. The manager will collaborate across teams to translate security requirements into scalable outcomes, align roadmaps with company-wide objectives, and oversee engineering practices across design, development, infrastructure, security, privacy, and maintenance.
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Minimum qualifications:
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Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
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8 years of experience in software development.
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3 years of experience in a technical leadership role; overseeing projects.
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Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems, with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance, and reliability.
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Experience in software engineering, software infrastructure engineering, security, Big Data and analytics, or cloud networking.
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Experience in data processing using traditional and distributed systems (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Dataflow, Airflow) and algorithms (e.g., MapReduce, Flume), and building data pipelines (e.g., using Spark, Dataflow).
Preferred qualifications:
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Experience programming in Java, C++, or Go.
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Experience developing distributed and parallel systems, networking, software systems, or security software.
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Experience building technical infrastructure.
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Experience leading through technical and organizational challenges.
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Experience leading collaborations in a distributed engineering organization.
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Ability to lead teams toward a shared technical goal.
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.
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.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .
Responsibilities
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Set technical direction for the Admin Access Platform (AAP) Dynamic Policy Engine, including real-time access evaluation, federated domain management, and safe deployment tooling (e.g., Mendel A/B experiments), and help drive the overall AAP strategy.
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Provide management and technical leadership to a team of Software Engineers.
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Collaborate cross-team with partners, TLs, UX, PMs, TPMs, and security policy owners to translate complex security requirements into scalable technical outcomes.
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Communicate with stakeholders and leadership to develop Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and roadmaps that align with company-wide mandates like Adaptive Shield and Agentic Security.
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Ensure best-practices in design, development, infrastructure, security, privacy, and software maintenance.
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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 alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .
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How this job compares
Set against the 1,241 open Software Engineering Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$207–300K/yr
- Illinois median$137–240K/yr33 salary ranges
- US median$143–262K/yr1,063 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $254K, is 35% above the Illinois median midpoint ($188K) — in the top quarter of Software Engineering Manager salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 34 open Software Engineering Manager jobs in Illinois and 1,241 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Software Engineering Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years at the median (1,078 postings).
- Education
- 416 of the 1,241 open Software Engineering Manager jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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