Software Engineer III, AI/ML, Core
Kirkland, WA, USA · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Experience
- 2 years of software development experience, or 1 year with an advanced degree; plus 1 year in an ML specialization and 1 year with AI/ML infrastructure.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Develops and operates production-grade machine-learning models and infrastructure, enabling scalable training, evaluation, and deployment across Google products.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, test, and deploy ML models and infrastructure.
- Build and maintain data pipelines, feature stores, and automated training and evaluation workflows.
- Collaborate on ML solutions and optimize production models for latency, throughput, and cost while maintaining prediction quality.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of software development experience in one or more programming languages, or 1 year with an advanced degree.
- 1 year of experience in LLM systems, speech/audio, reinforcement learning, ML infrastructure, or another ML specialization.
- 1 year of experience with AI/ML infrastructure, 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.
- 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms; experience developing accessible technologies.
Pay
$147000 - $210000 USD base salary; 15% bonus target (USD amount not stated)
AI focus
Production ML model and infrastructure development, including scalable data pipelines, feature stores, automated training and evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and optimization.
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