Tech Lead Manager, Agentic Commerce

Lead a team of engineers to design, build, and scale systems, prototypes, and platform capabilities for agentic commerce bets and next-generation shopping experiences.Drive the technical strategy and product roadmap for agentic commerce and new user experiences, partnering closely with cross-functional leaders to identify high-impact growth opportunities and innovative technical solutions.Contribute directly to the codebase and system design across the full technical stack, while guiding the end-to-end development of new agentic commerce bets and experimental frameworks.Manage and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a high-performance culture focused on rapid prototyping, iterative delivery, technical excellence, and long-term career growth.Collaborate with global infrastructure, AI, and platform teams to ensure seamless integration of agentic commerce capabilities across technical environments and user touchpoints and environments.Minimum qualifications:Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.8 years of experience with full-stack software design and architecture.Experience developing consumer-facing applications within e-commerce, digital payments, or transactional platforms.Experience with enterprise platforms.Experience with people management.Preferred qualifications:Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.Experience building highly-scalable distributed systems. Experience with building Agentic experiences. Experience with collaboration across multiple teams.Proven track record of ownership and driving multiple software engineers for highly-visible projects.Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.As Tech Lead Manager, you will guide the technical vision and engineering team shaping Google’s next-generation AI commerce platform, featured at Google I/O 2026. Balancing strategic leadership with execution, you will mentor engineers and bridge product strategy with scalable systems to power AI Native Commerce.Our team develops the foundational Universal Commerce Protocol and API layer enabling AI agents to interact directly with commerce backends across Google surfaces, including AIM and Gemini. You will lead critical initiatives spanning agent-to-merchant protocol design (discovery, cart, checkout), native system connectors, cross-organizational integrations with Search and DeepMind, and default-secure transactional trust and safety frameworks.If you develop on fostering high-impact engineering cultures and defining the future of agentic commerce, lead this core pillar of merchant growth.People shop on Google more than a billion times a day - and the Commerce team is responsible for building the experiences that serve these users. The mission for Google Commerce is to be an essential part of the shopping journey for consumers - from inspiration to to a simple and secure checkout experience - and the best place for retailers/merchants to connect with consumers. We support and partner with the commerce ecosystem, from large retailers to small local merchants, to give them the tools, technology and scale to thrive in today’s digital world.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefitsLearn more about benefits at Google.Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.8 years of experience with full-stack software design and architecture.Experience developing consumer-facing applications within e-commerce, digital payments, or transactional platforms.Experience with enterprise platforms.Experience with people management.