Senior Staff Software Engineer, Ads Platform Agentic Experiences
Mountain View, CA, USA +1 · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA, USA
New York, NY, USA - Experience
- 8 years programming in C++; 5 years in design and architecture and testing/launching software products. Preferred: 8 years with data structures and algorithms; 5 years in technical leadership; 3 years in complex, matrixed cross-functional or cross-business projects.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience; preferred: Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
About the job
Leads development of a goals-first Google Ads platform that uses AI and agentic experiences to help advertisers achieve business goals.
What you'll do
- Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects and design, build, test, deploy, and maintain large-scale software.
- Lead early-stage agentic projects from concept to prototypes, shaping solutions where the problem is not yet defined.
- Build end-to-end agentic experiences, including agent design, tool surfaces, state, streaming, and frontend; set direction for AI-native user experiences.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience programming in C++.
- 5 years of experience with design and architecture, and testing/launching software products.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Experience with data structures and algorithms, technical leadership, or complex cross-functional projects.
Pay
$262000 - $364000 USD base salary
Tools
C++, Gemini
AI focus
Build agentic and AI-native advertising experiences, using Google AI and Generative AI models to help advertisers meet business goals.
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