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Principal Software Engineering Manager

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-29 → 2026-09-26

Core

Build, lead, and grow a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing engineering team; set technical strategy and priorities for web platform areas; guide contributions to the Chromium browser engine.

Role type

Principal Software Engineering Manager (Web Platform/Chromium)

Builds

Web platform innovations and features for Chromium-based browsers

Domain

Web browsers, browser engines, open source (Chromium)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Team leadership, hiring and coaching, technical strategy, project execution, cross-functional partnership, security focus, performance optimization, correctness, compatibility management

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python

Responsibilities

Hire, coach, and develop engineers; set technical strategy and priorities; foster engineering excellence and inclusion culture; manage team health and delivery; represent team to senior leadership; partner with product, design, and standards bodies; guide Chromium contributions

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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