Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML, Ads Retrieval and Resource Efficiency Optimization
Mountain View, CA, USA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 12, 2026
- Experience
- 5 years in software development; 3 years testing, maintaining, or launching software products; 1 year in software design and architecture; 3 years end-to-end Machine Learning.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Develops and tests software and machine-learning solutions for Google Ads, with a focus on retrieval and resource-efficiency optimization.
What you'll do
- Write and test product or system development code, and collaborate on design and code reviews.
- Design and implement solutions in specialized ML areas using ML infrastructure.
- Document, troubleshoot, and resolve product or system issues.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of software development experience in Python or C++.
- 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, plus 1 year in software design and architecture.
- 3 years of end-to-end Machine Learning experience, such as model deployment, evaluation, optimization, data processing, or debugging.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field; 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms; or 1 year in a technical leadership role.
- Strong skills in statistical analysis and data wrangling using Python and SQL, and a strong background in mathematical optimization.
Pay
$174000 - $252000 (USD) base salary
Tools
Python, C++, SQL, Gemini
AI focus
Designs and implements machine-learning solutions, using ML infrastructure; Google Ads applies machine learning and Generative AI models such as Gemini.
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