Senior Staff Software Engineer, Knowledge Catalog For AI
Sunnyvale, CA, USA +1 · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Kirkland, WA, USA - Experience
- 8 years in software development; 5 years testing and launching software products; 3 years software design and architecture; 5 years leading ML design and optimizing ML infrastructure; 2 years with GenAI techniques or related concepts.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads the architecture and development of Knowledge Catalog, an enterprise-wide context and governance platform that helps people and AI agents discover data and use business context.
What you'll do
- Set architectural direction and contribute directly to coding and system design for ambiguous technical problems.
- Influence technical decisions across Google Cloud organizations and help define product and engineering roadmaps.
- Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across the team.
What they ask for
- 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 leading ML design and optimizing ML infrastructure; 2 years with GenAI techniques or related concepts; experience developing in a general-purpose programming language.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field; 8 years with data structures and algorithms; 3 years in a technical leadership role.
- Experience shipping 0-to-1 AI applications and knowledge of data warehouses, big data, SQL, and data governance.
Pay
$262000 - $364000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Large Language Models (LLMs), Multi-Modal, Large Vision Models, Java, C/C++, Go, SQL
AI focus
Develops an enterprise context catalog for AI agents; requires leadership in ML design and infrastructure optimization, plus experience with GenAI techniques or related concepts.
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