Staff Software Engineer, Agentic Products and Systems, Google Photos
Mountain View, CA, USA · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- 8 years programming; 5 years testing and launching software products; 3 years software design and architecture. Preferred: 8 years in data structures/algorithms; 3 years technical leadership; 3 years in a complex, matrixed organization.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Build and launch Google Photos agent features, then design scalable backend systems to bring successful experiments to production.
What you'll do
- Build end-to-end agent features, including proactive suggestions and background photo organization.
- Coordinate and coach a distributed engineering team, partnering with UX, product, Photos, and Gemini teams.
- Design and own production backend systems for reliable operation at Google Photos scale.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin or Go.
- 5 years of experience testing and launching software products; 3 years with software design and architecture.
- Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.
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; 3 years in technical leadership and 3 years in a complex, matrixed organization.
Pay
$207000 - $300000 USD base salary
Tools
C++, Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, LLM
AI focus
Integrate generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows and build proactive and background agents that retrieve and organize photos.
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