Jobs Kenya

Company Address: Address Google Kenya Ltd. 7th Floor, Purshottam Place Westlands Road P.O. Box 66217 – 00800 Westlands Nairobi, Kenya

  • Software Engineering Manager, Google Search Journeys (Swahili, English)

    Software Engineering Manager, Google Search Journeys (Swahili, English)

    About the job
    Like Google’s own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer (SWE) goes way beyond just Search. SWE 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 SWE Manager you manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. SWE 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.
    In this role, you will contribute to market understanding and product strategy, develop the engineering plan and roadmap, effectively resource and operationalize the plan, and manage and monitor the project goals. You will build a team of Software Engineers that produce high-quality code in an efficient manner and support them with code reviews where needed to further optimize their solutions.
    In Google Search, we’re reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you’ll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally
    Responsibilities

    Manage a high-quality team in Kenya focusing on the Google Search mission, creating and maintaining an inclusive culture aligned with Google’s values.
    Lead change and build an Engineering team to create end-to-end journeys for searching on Google.
    Collaborate and problem-solve with product managers, interaction designers, user-experience researchers, business-development specialists, and other functions.
    Help create and shape the local footprint of Google as a company and Google Search.
    Work with distributed systems at scale.

    Minimum qualifications:

    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
    Experience in software engineering, technical leadership, or managing teams focusing on user facing products.
    Experience in full-stack engineering management and overseeing strategic projects.
    Ability to speak and write in Swahili and English fluently.

    Preferred qualifications:

    Experience scaling teams, including managing managers.
    Experience with the Africa market and user expectations.
    Ability to work with new technology and think outside the box to develop and implement short and long-term creative solutions.
    Ability to influence without authority.
    Ability to achieve stretch goals in a fast-paced environment and be an innovative problem solver that can turn ambiguous problems into clear solutions.
    Excellent communication and collaborative skills with a team-oriented management style.

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    careers.google.com

  • Director, EMEA Emerging Markets, Security and Resilience Operations

    Director, EMEA Emerging Markets, Security and Resilience Operations

    About The Job

    Global Security and Resilience Service’s mission is to protect, sustain, and enable Google’s ability to thrive. In this role, you’ll be an expert who shares our focus about resilience and our commitment to confidentiality. You’ll collaborate with Google’s Regional Leadership teams to secure Googlers, our workplaces, and our Enterprise, while creating innovative security strategies for the future. You believe that providing a secure and safe environment doesn’t come at the expense of customer service.

    As the Director, EMEA Emerging Markets, Security and Resilience Operations, you will be responsible for the organizational resilience of Google’s employees in the region its facilities and its businesses. You will be the executive Global Security and Resilience Services (GSRS) representative in Emerging Markets and Africa and lead a matrix organization.

    You’ll be accountable for the delivery and performance of all our services and functions to our customers. You will be part of the Global Security and Resilience Operations Leadership team and be key to the delivery of our mission. You will be tasked with supporting business critical decisions, and enabling Google and Googlers to thrive.

    From keeping Googlers safe and secure to managing disruptive events, the ability to anticipate, deter, detect, and act are the pillars of Google’s Global Security and Resilience Services (GSRS) team. As a member of GSRS you will help develop a culture where safety, security and resiliency are integrated into every facet of Google, including the creative process. You will help us continually identify, evaluate and monitor enterprise risks that could affect business activities and provide business leaders the information they need to make critical decisions. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to create innovative strategies and develop programs that drive sustainable effectiveness.

    Responsibilities

    Lead and coordinate security and resilience efforts throughout Google Emerging Markets and Africa operations, including intelligence, threat/risk analysis, physical security and safety, crisis management and incident response, investigations, travel security, vendor management, executive protection, and disruptive event management.
    Lead in crisis with an understanding of the risk environment in EMEA Emerging Markets, including an understanding of the region and its different cultures.
    Identify regional resilience needs with program/project management expertise, and develop procedures to ensure that Google can pursue and sustain operations in Emerging Markets and Africa.
    Be a visionary leader who can drive partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, law enforcement, and government agencies to ensure continued efficient operations and safety.

    Minimum qualifications:

    Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in security and risk management
    Experience planning, organizing, leading, and managing activities in an international environment
    Experience managing remote teams, with global operational experience in multiple countries

    Preferred qualifications:

    Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Physical Security Professional (PSP), or Certified Safety Management Practitioner (CSMP)
    Experience implementing strategic change and initiatives
    Ability to articulate ideas and capabilities into effective initiatives that exceed expectations
    Ability to think out of the box and bring creative, non-standard, and innovative solutions
    Excellent vision, leadership, and critical thinking skills to prioritize evolving initiatives in a fast-paced operational environment

    Apply via :

    careers.google.com

  • User Experience Researcher, Build For Africa

    User Experience Researcher, Build For Africa

    About The Job

    The Build for Africa (BfA) mission is to “Build a more helpful Google for Africa” through our cross-functional team’s focus on the three pillars of Product, Partnerships, and Investments.

    The Build for Africa UX Research (UXR) team is focused on user insights for African users across the many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. We aim to share and apply Sub-Saharan Africa insights and build out a Sub-Saharan Africa UX team, community, tools, and best practices.

    User experience is at the forefront of how we create intuitive, innovative, and beautiful products that people love. We strive to learn and understand our users’ needs, behaviors, and emotions to gather insights that inform product strategy and design. Our UX teams include designers, researchers, content strategists, and engineers who are passionate about quality, usability, and simplicity. We work on collaborative teams to solve complex challenges and craft experiences that highlight our products’ unique capabilities and personalities. Our work touches billions while exemplifying a key principle that is core to Google’s philosophy: “Focus on the user and all else will follow.”

    Responsibilities

    Conduct a full range of research activities including fieldwork, literature reviews, design sprints, surveys, and other relevant research https://www
    .linkedin.com/redir/general-malware-page?url=approaches%2eWork in collaboration with the team to understand and frame the research questions/needs, and quickly develop
    a research plan to address research goals and hypotheses.Engage cross-functional stakeholders to align on research needs and quickly define projects that clearly convey the goals, hypotheses, recruiting
    characteristics, methods to be used, and expected impact.Conduct user studies with a range of methodologies such as interviews, literature reviews, surveys,

    Minimum qualifications:

    Experience conducting qualitative research including interviews, usability testing, diary studies, contextual inquiries, surveys, and benchmarking.
    Experience working in the emerging markets space.
    Experience in Sub-Saharan African markets.

    Preferred qualifications:

    Master’s degree or PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Anthropology, Information Science, Human Factors, other Social Sciences, or a related field.
    Experience with graphic and video editing tools creating visually intuitive graphs and slide decks.
    Experience working with Small/Medium Businesses.
    Excellent verbal and written communication, including communicating research results in a clear, concise, and compelling way through written reports and presentations.
    Ability to speak and write fluently in Kikuyu, Dholuo, Kamba, siZulu, Sesotho, Setswana, or Afrikaans.

    Apply via :

    careers.google.com

  • Strategic Negotiator, Global Network Acquisition Strategic Negotiator, Peering

    Strategic Negotiator, Global Network Acquisition Strategic Negotiator, Peering

    About The Job

    Google’s infrastructure needs go far beyond server computers. As Google’s products and services scale the globe, the Strategic Negotiation team works behind the scenes to secure infrastructure for Google’s future — everything from underwater cables to physical data center space. As a Strategic Negotiator, you combine your deep market knowledge of a given sector with tech industry savvy to negotiate cost-effective solutions to support Google’s infrastructure growth. You’ll work with specific project teams on negotiating deals, managing vendor and partner relationships and presenting deal recommendations to our Tech leadership. Your successful negotiations have the potential to save Google millions of dollars in operating costs and impact every part of the business.

    As a Strategic Negotiator, you’ll work with internal teams to oversee vendor and partner relationships. You will also develop and maintain relationships with Google’s business units to help minimize any gap between Google’s business ambitions and infrastructure capability.

    In this role, you’ll ensure that we execute high-quality agreements with our suppliers, working closely with our planning, tax, policy, legal, and treasury teams, while identifying cost-effective solutions and optimal commercial frameworks for our needs. You’ll take lead on projects, manage vendors, and present your recommendations to Google leadership.

    Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google’s product portfolio possible. We’re proud to be our engineers’ engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

    Responsibilities

    Collaborate with internal business and infrastructure technical teams to identify and define strategic initiatives necessary to meet Google’s near-term and future network infrastructure needs.
    Build strategic relationships with vendors, identify compelling opportunities for partnership or expansion with teams, and determine specific solutions that meet commercial, technical, and timing requirements.
    Identify and manage agreements with vendors providing dark fiber, capacity, and colocation.
    Lead partnerships in tandem with our Legal, Treasury, Policy, and Tax teams.
    Articulate Google’s peering and interconnect position in the region to internal and external stakeholders. Communicate progress internally and collaborate with network teams.

    Minimum qualifications:

    Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Science, Law, Policy, Economics, or equivalent practical experience
    Experience working with telecommunications service providers acquiring or selling connectivity related solutions
    Experience selling or buying assets and solutions in emerging markets

    Preferred qualifications:

    Experience in point of presence site selection
    Experience in negotiating wholesale agreements between carriers (e.g., roaming, wholesale, etc.)
    Experience working on long distance and metro telecommunications (i.e., wavelengths, spectrum, dark fiber, subsea cables)
    Knowledge of stakeholders, issues, and market trends within Africa
    Creative approach to solving unclear multi-stakeholder challenges

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  • Interaction Design Lead, Android Senior User Experience Researcher, Android

    Interaction Design Lead, Android Senior User Experience Researcher, Android

    About The Job
    At Google, we follow a simple but vital premise: “Focus on the user and all else will follow.” Google’s Interaction Designers take complex tasks and make them intuitive and easy-to-use for billions of people around the globe. Throughout the design process—from creating user flows and wireframes to building user interface mockups and prototypes—you’ll envision how people will experience our products, and bring that vision to life in a way that feels inspired, refined, and even magical.

    Google User Experience (UX) is made up of multi-disciplinary teams of UX Designers, Researchers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers: we care deeply about the people who use our products. The UX team plays an integral part in gathering insights about the attitudes, emotions, and behaviors of people who use our products to inspire and inform design. We collaborate closely with each other and with engineering and product management to create industry-leading products that deliver value for the people who use them, and for Google’s businesses.

    As an Interaction Designer, you’ll rely on user-centered design methods to craft industry-leading user experiences—from concept to execution. Like all of our UX jobs, you’ll collaborate with your design partners to leverage and evolve the Google design language to build beautiful, innovative, inspired products that people love to use.

    As a UX Designer, you will help grow the Platforms and Ecosystems Engineering, Product, and Design team. In this role, you will build Android and Google Play products and collaborate with Search, Assistant, YouTube, and Payment teams. Android is Google’s open-source mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.

    Responsibilities

    Build compelling user-centric visions, including organizing people and process for alignment (i.e. design thinking methods), and scope UX visions into implementable roadmaps.
    Scope projects and assess feasibility by working with cross-functional partners to discuss project specifications/approach and provide work/deliverable estimates. Select, engage, and manage vendors.
    Leverage user research to influence stakeholders and improve product designs and strategy.
    Translate complex concepts and interactions into simple, elegant, and coherent design and define user journeys.
    Propose and practice strategic processes and programs to reduce friction and improve UX team efficacy.

    Minimum qualifications:

    Bachelor’s degree in Human Computer Interaction, Design, UX, a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
    Experience working with Product Management and Engineering teams, and working across time zones.
    A design portfolio demonstrating design principles for web and/or mobile platforms.

    Preferred qualifications:

    Experience in building an excellent product narrative that leverages data.
    Experience making abstract ideas and requirements into tangible artifacts that enable a cross-functional team to align on a goal.
    Ability to communicate complex interaction concepts clearly and persuasively to different audiences.

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  • Analytical Consultant, Large Customer Sales (English)

    Analytical Consultant, Large Customer Sales (English)

    Minimum qualifications:

    Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
    Experience in advertising, sales, marketing, consulting, or media.
    Ability to speak and write in English fluently.

    Preferred qualifications:

    Experience with analyzing large and complex datasets, with the ability to convert them into strategic insights and impactful presentations in order to drive business and client selections.
    Experience using data-driven insights, create compelling sales narratives, and present them confidently executive selection makers.
    Experience building and automating reporting dashboards.
    Experience in SQL, databases, and database manipulation.
    Ability to manage fast-paced environments with effective time management and prioritization skills.

    Apply via :

    careers.google.com

  • Software Engineering Manager, Google Search Journeys

    Software Engineering Manager, Google Search Journeys

    About The Job
    Like Google’s own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer (SWE) goes way beyond just Search. SWE 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 SWE Manager you manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. SWE 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.
    In this role, you will contribute to the market understanding and product strategy, develop the engineering plan and roadmap, effectively resource and operationalize the plan, and manage and monitor the project goals. You will build a team of Software Engineers that produce high quality code in an efficient manner and support them with code reviews where needed to further optimize their solutions.

    Responsibilities

    Manage a high quality team in Kenya focusing on the Google Search mission, caring for the team’s health and development, while creating and maintaining an inclusive culture aligned with Google’s values.
    Lead change and build an engineering team to create end-to-end journeys for searching on Google.
    Collaborate and problem-solve with product managers, interaction designers, user-experience researchers, business-development specialists, and other functions.
    Help create and shape the local footprint of Google as a company and Google Search.

    Minimum qualifications:

    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
    8 years of experience in software engineering, technical leadership, and/or managing teams focusing on user facing products.
    Experience in full-stack engineering management and overseeing strategic projects.
    Ability to speak and write in Swahili and English fluently.

    Preferred qualifications:

    Experience scaling teams, including managing managers.
    Experience with Africa market/user expectations.
    Ability to work with new technology and think outside the box to develop and implement short and long-term creative solutions.
    Ability to influence without authority.
    Ability to achieve stretch goals in a fast-paced environment and be an innovative problem solver that can turn ambiguous problems into clear solutions.
    Excellent communication and collaborative skills with team oriented management style/empathy.

    Apply via :

    careers.google.com

  • Software Engineer, Android Mobile and Play

    Software Engineer, Android Mobile and Play

    About The Job
    As a Software Engineer, you will help solve difficult and important technical challenges, such as improving the smartphone experience for people in Africa, or building products that will help everyone to thrive together. In this role, you will will create ideas for how we can serve relevant and useful information to users, and set goals for how to reimagine the entire online experience. You will help build Android, Google Play products, and collaborate with teams such as Search, Assistant, YouTube, and Payments to create an all-encompassing experience.
    Android is Google’s open-source mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.

    Responsibilities

    Build applications and experiences for Android that will make it more customized for the African market.
    Work with external vendors within Africa to help them create the highest quality Android products and experiences.
    Participate in the software feature lifecycle from start to end and collaborate with other Engineers, Product Managers, and User Experience Researchers who will work with you to develop the user experience.

    Minimum qualifications:

    Experience in one or more of the following programming languages: Java, Kotlin.
    Experience with the Android platform and ecosystem.

    Preferred qualifications:

    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field, or equivalent pratical experience.

    Apply via :

    careers.google.com

  • General Manager, Platforms and Ecosystems, Android

    General Manager, Platforms and Ecosystems, Android

    About the job
    As a General Manager, you will address the needs of users in the mobile world by building an excellent smartphone experience, enabling developers to build great apps, and partnering with Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEMs) and carriers to reach users.
    In this role, you will be part of a growing team and drive our efforts. You will be responsible for driving the direction for Android, Google Play, and Chrome efforts and ensure that Google is bringing value to users and partners.
    Android is Google’s open-source mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.
    Responsibilities

    Build and scale products.
    Grow and foster a mission driven user experience and product team to solve problems for users.
    Support development of operating system features or applications to address the unique needs of users.
    Scale teams based on key market and customer insights.
    Solve the interaction/design challenges involved in addressing device constraints and unique user requirements for users, working closely with Engineering Managers, UX team, external partners, and third-party developers

    Minimum qualifications:

    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
    Experience in distributed systems and mobile.
    Experience in creating, executing, and delivering against features and driving business impact.
    Experience in managing globally distributed teams.

    Preferred qualifications:

    Master’s or similar degree.
    Experience with operating within and leading cross-functional teams (i.e., product management, implementation, legal, finance, marketing, etc.)
    Experience working with partners and developing relationships within mobile/telephony products.
    Ability to partner with developers around the world to ensure they are enabled to make experiences that delight users.
    Ability to represent and explain complex business or technical concepts.
    Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

    Apply via :

    careers.google.com

  • General Manager, Google Search

    General Manager, Google Search

    About The Job

    As a General Manager (GM) for Google Search, you will grow a team focused on creating a dedicated strategy for Google Search. You will be responsible for setting a vision and a strategy for Google Search, creating an execution roadmap, and the operation of the roadmap. You will lead a cross-functional team of product managers, software engineers, program managers, user experience specialists, and more.
    In this role, you will address the needs of the search users. You will improve the search experience and ensure that users can confidently find and hire reputable local service providers who can do the job they need. Google aims to build products that organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible to our users. As a Product Manager at Google, you could be working on new technologies, platforms, consumer facing products, and/or enterprise systems. The end goal will be to match you with the team that best aligns with your interests, experience, and where you will have the most impact.

    Responsibilities

    Grow a cross-functional team focusing on the Search mission.
    Set a vision on how to make Google Search meet the expectations of and grow usage by users.
    Lead and form market strategy by setting product goals and metrics to measure success and align the strategy with the overall Google Search strategy.
    Create a roadmap and secure support from internal teams for the execution of the devised strategy.
    Lead the execution of the roadmap, partner with necessary internal teams, and monitor/report progress.
    Develop and nurture relationships with partners to support Google’s mission.
    Participate in public events to represent Google and its products.

    Minimum qualifications:

    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
    Experience in product management or technical leadership, managing teams focused on user facing products.
    Experience with Africa market/user expectations.

    Preferred qualifications:

    Experience working as a General Manager leading cross-functional teams.
    Ability to be an innovative problem solver that can turn ambiguous problems into clear solutions.
    Ability to achieve goals in a fast-paced environment and influence without authority.
    Ability to be comfortable with new technology and think outside the box to develop and implement short- and long-term creative solutions.
    Ability to build relationships with clients, partners, and other teams.
    Excellent communication, collaboration, and team oriented management skills.

    Apply via :

    careers.google.com