Senior Software Engineer, Generative AI, Maps
Mountain View, CA, USA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- 5 years software development; 3 years testing, maintaining, or launching software products; 1 year software design and architecture; 3 years machine learning concepts; 1 year GenAI techniques or related concepts.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Develops, tests, deploys, and maintains software for Google Maps, with work involving generative AI and machine learning.
What you'll do
- Write and test product or system development code; design, develop, deploy, maintain, and enhance software.
- Participate in or lead design reviews, and review peers’ code for best practices.
- Triage and resolve product or system issues; contribute to documentation and educational content.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of software development experience in one or more programming languages.
- 3 years testing, maintaining, or launching software products, plus 1 year in software design and architecture.
- 3 years with machine learning concepts, including model evaluation and prompt engineering; 1 year with GenAI techniques or related concepts.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Experience with data structures and algorithms, cross-functional projects, technical leadership, accessible technologies, or interfaces for AI agents or predictive automation tools.
Pay
$174000 - $252000 USD base salary
Tools
LLMs, Multi-Modal, Large Vision Models
AI focus
Work with machine learning concepts, including model evaluation and prompt engineering, and GenAI techniques or related concepts such as language modeling and computer vision. Preferred work includes designing interfaces for AI agents or predictive automation tools.
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