ML Software Engineer, GenAI for Youth

Google

Mountain View, CA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Adobe Acrobat, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI) Natural Language, Benchmarking, Best Practices, Business Growth, Channel Strategies, Customer/Consumer Behavior, Data Management, Data Science, Data Storage, Distributed Computing, Ecosystems, English Language, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Genetics, Hubs, Information Retrieval, Information/Data Security (InfoSec), Internet Search, Large-Scale Systems, Leadership, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Metrics, Model Validation, Modeling Languages, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Network Design, Problem Solving Skills, Production Systems, Project/Program Management, Recruiting/Staffing Agency, Regulatory Requirements, Risk, Software Administration, Software Design, Software Development, Software Engineering, Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Strategy, Test Plan/Schedule, Time Management, User Interface Design
LOCATION
Mountain View, CA
POSTED
2 days ago
ML Software Engineer, GenAI for Youth _corporate_fare_ Google _place_ Mountain View, CA, USA **Advanced** Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain. **Minimum qualifications:** + Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience. + 8 years of experience with software development, system design, or machine learning infrastructure. + 8 years of experience working with trust and safety, classification problems, large language model (LLM) safety architectures, fraud or risk detection, identity verification, or adversarial machine learning. **Preferred qualifications:** + Familiarity with industrial-scale data pipelines, internal data orchestration engines, and high-performance compute infrastructure. + Demonstrated ability to lead by influence and drive technical alignment across sprawling, matrixed engineering groups without direct operational authority. + Exceptional systems-thinking capabilities, with a documented history of transforming fragmented technical processes into highly reusable, automated platform engines. **About the job** 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. With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions. As a part of the GenAI for Youth, a team within Kids and Families, you will be dedicated to developing the next-generation of scalable, systemically responsible, and high-integrity AI frameworks that power experiences across Google's products. Your mission is to bridge the gap between foundational model research and highly calibrated, age-appropriate production environments. You will build unified infrastructure that solves complex engineering, user classification, and behavioral modeling challenges once for the entire ecosystem. You will operate across multi-site engineering hubs, establish the technical strategy, algorithmic steering frameworks, and automated validation layers necessary to ensure that Google's AI-driven platform surfaces scale with complete structural accuracy, performance safety, and long-term ecosystem health.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 - $301000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) . **Responsibilities** + Develop shared algorithmic frameworks and foundational math in core modeling domains, including runtime behavior steering, latent-space pattern detection, optimization loops, and fine-tuning rooted in industry best practices. + Streamline engineering efforts across global product lines by shifting fragmented, application-specific pipelines into cohesive, highly scalable, and reusable platform layers. + Architect definitive, automated evaluation methodologies and standardized benchmarking metrics to provide scientifically rigorous validation models, eliminating manual execution overhead. + Serve as a technical conduit between product, data science, applied engineering groups, machine learning research organizations, and centralized core infrastructure teams. + Act as a strategic advisory partner to executive engineering leadership on platform maturity, long-term technical debt reduction, and operational capacity across technical workstreams. Information collected and processed as part of your Google Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Google'sApplicant and Candidate Privacy Policy (./privacy-policy) . 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/) . If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form (https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2) . Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting. To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees, or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is your sole contractual partner with respect to equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right. Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCP_EEO_Post.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.

About the Company

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Google

Build for everyone

Since our founding in 1998, Google has grown by leaps and bounds. Starting from two computer science students in a university dorm room, we now have thousands of employees and offices around the world. These Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe.

It starts with how we work together. We’re building a company where people of different views, backgrounds and experiences can do their best work and show up for one another. A place where every Googler feels like they belong.

So whether you develop new technology or creative campaigns, craft beautiful products or breakthrough partnerships, your work here is a chance to accomplish things that matter. Bring your insight, imagination, and healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.

Benefits

We strive to provide Googlers and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits are based on data, and centered around our users: Googlers and their families. They’re thoughtfully designed to enhance your health and wellbeing, and generous enough to make it easy for you to take good care of yourself (now, and in the future). So we can build for everyone, together.

Learn more about Google’s benefits on this site featuring Googlers’ experience.

How we Hire

Google’s hiring process is an important part of our culture. Googlers care deeply about their teams and the people who make them up. In order to  build for everyone, we know that we need a wide range of perspectives and experiences, and a fair hiring process is the first step in getting there.

Learn more about our hiring process.

COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Computer Software
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Paid Sick Days, Performance Bonus, Professional Development, 401K, Stock Options, Employee Events, Retirement / Pension Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Work From Home, Life Insurance, On Site Cafeteria
FOUNDED
1998
WEBSITE
https://goo.gle/4dbno6V