Technical Lead Manager, Search Ads UI and Experience
Google · Mountain View, CA
$207,000–$301,000from the description
Jul 9, 2026
Mountain View, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A technical lead manager role focused on the front-end user experience of Google's search ads products. The position involves architecting full-stack ad experiences, integrating generative AI and LLMs into both the product and the engineering workflow, and collaborating across search, ads, UX, and research teams. It suits an experienced engineer-leader with a background in frontend development, UI thinking, and applied AI.
Senior level · 8+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 150 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 75–190
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $298,074 (middle half $224,695–$326,567). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (10)
The title 'Technical Lead Manager' at Google is a hybrid role that combines hands-on technical leadership with people/team management. It is classified here as 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers) given the explicit management framing, but 15-1252 (Software Developers) is a genuine runner-up given the deep IC coding and architecture requirements.
The role is located in Mountain View, CA, which falls within the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CBSA (41940).
Java and C++ are listed as interchangeable ('Java or C++') in the minimum qualifications; Java is used as the primary skill name with C++ in alternatives.
The minimum qualifications accept a Bachelor's degree OR equivalent practical experience, so no formal degree is hard-required.
The compensation of $207,000–$301,000/year is base salary only; the posting also notes a 20% bonus target and equity, which are not captured in the comp fields.
Frontend development and UI experience are required but stated as a general experience area rather than tied to a specific framework — no specific framework (React, Angular, etc.) is named in the posting.
LLMs and Gemini are both explicitly called out in the minimum qualifications as separate requirements (Generative AI/LLMs for user-facing problems; developer AI tools/LLMs/Gemini across the SDLC).
Data structures and algorithms (8 years) and technical leadership (3 years) appear under Preferred qualifications.
Search/ads domain experience, product/UX intuition, and rapid hypothesis testing appear under Preferred qualifications but name no specific technology, so they are omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
Ignored 4 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): frontend development, software design and architecture, data structures and algorithms, technical leadership.
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