Staff Software Engineer, AI/ML GenAI, Google Cloud AI
Sunnyvale, CA, USA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Apr 13, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Kirkland, WA, USA - Experience
- 8 years software development; 5 years ML design and optimization; 5 years testing and launching software products; 3 years software design and architecture; 2 years GenAI techniques or concepts.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads engineering of large-scale GenAI and machine-learning solutions for Google Cloud AI, from design and infrastructure optimization through deployment and maintenance.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions; provide technical leadership and manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
- Lead the design of GenAI solutions, optimize ML infrastructure, and guide data preparation and model optimization strategies.
- Align teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines; influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development.
- 5 years of experience leading ML design and optimizing end-to-end Machine Learning; 5 years of experience testing and launching software products; 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
- 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; 3 years in a technical leadership role; 3 years working in a complex, matrixed organization.
Pay
$207000 - $300000 (USD) base salary
Tools
Machine Learning, GenAI, LLMs, Multi-Modal, Large Vision Models
AI focus
Lead GenAI solution design, ML infrastructure optimization, data preparation, and model optimization; work with state-of-the-art GenAI techniques and related concepts.
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