Staff Software Engineer, Data Cloud Frontier AI

Google

Seattle, WA

JOB DETAILS
JOB TYPE
Full-time, Employee
SKILLS
Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Natural Language, Business Growth, Cloud Computing, Computer Science, Computer Vision, Cross-Functional, Data Modeling, Data Processing, Data Storage, Data Structures, Debugging Skills, Disability Insurance, Distributed Computing, Employee Benefits, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Information Retrieval, Information/Data Security (InfoSec), Internet Search, Large-Scale Systems, Leadership, Life Insurance, Matrix Management, Mentoring, Modeling Languages, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Network Design, Product/Service Launch, Project/Program Management, Software Administration, Software Architecture, Software Architecture Design, Software Development, Software Engineering, State Laws and Regulations, Team Lead/Manager, Technical Leadership, Test Plan/Schedule, Testing, Time Management, User Interface Design
LOCATION
Seattle, WA
POSTED
21 days ago
In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Seattle, WA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development.
  • 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
  • 5 years of experience leading ML design and optimizing ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine tuning).
  • 2 years of experience with GenAI techniques (e.g., LLMs, Multi-Modal, Large Vision Models) or with GenAI-related concepts (language modeling, computer vision).

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  • 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.

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.

Our Frontier AI team exists to answer one question: "What’s next?" by building AI-native foundations that are trusted, flexible, and multimodal—making advanced intelligence as accessible as a SQL query. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead a high-caliber team to architect and execute mission-critical services that bring our Gen AI products to market. You will coordinate across the Data Cloud organization to ensure our infrastructure is trusted, flexible, and multimodal.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $207000 - $301000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefitsLearn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership for high-impact engineering workstreams, turning complex agentic concepts into scalable, production-ready features within the Data Cloud.
  • Influence and mentor a distributed team of engineers, fostering a culture of rigorous testing and high-quality deployment for our Gen AI product suite.
  • Drive clarity and alignment across the Data Cloud organization, ensuring that technical goals and timelines are synchronized to meet our Go-To-Market milestones.
  • Manage project priorities and deliverables with an owner’s mindset, balancing rapid iteration with the stability required for enterprise-grade AI services.
  • Design and enhance large-scale software solutions that enable AI agents to reason and execute directly where the data lives.
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 Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

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