Senior Staff Software Engineer, Generative AI, Search Intelligence
Mountain View, CA, USA · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- 8 years in software development; 7 years in technical strategy, ML design, and industry-scale ML infrastructure; 5 years in design/architecture and testing/launching products; 2 years in GenAI techniques or concepts.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads technical work on AI-driven tools and feedback systems that improve, evaluate, and integrate large language models into Google Search products.
What you'll do
- Develop modeling, tuning, and optimization techniques to improve LLM performance, quality, and capabilities.
- Guide user-signal-driven LLM improvements and partner with Google Research and DeepMind to advance and integrate LLM technologies.
- Lead technical contributions, collaborate with stakeholders, and share expertise in system design, ML modeling, and coding practices.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development.
- 7 years of experience leading technical project strategy, ML design, and optimizing industry-scale ML infrastructure.
- 5 years of experience with design and architecture and testing/launching software products; 2 years of experience with state of the art GenAI techniques or GenAI-related concepts.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 8 years of experience with data structures/algorithms; 5 years in technical leadership; 3 years in a complex, matrixed organization.
Pay
$262000 - $364000 (USD) (base salary)
Tools
large language models (LLM), GenAI, Multi-Modal, Large Vision Models, language modeling, computer vision
AI focus
Develops and improves LLMs using modeling, tuning, optimization, user signals, feedback-driven training, and automated evaluations for Google Search features.
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