Staff Software Engineer, AI/ML, ML Infrastructure, Search Ads
New York, NY, USA · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 8 years programming; 5 years leading ML design and optimizing end-to-end Machine Learning; 5 years testing and launching software products; 3 years in software design and architecture; 2 years with GenAI techniques or related concepts. Preferred: 8 years with data structures and algorithms; 3 years in technical leadership; 3 years in a complex, matrixed organization.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience; preferred Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
About the job
Build and improve machine-learning infrastructure and models for Google Ads, including training and serving systems, tooling, and reliability improvements.
What you'll do
- Develop infrastructure, automation, workflows, and tooling to support new modeling techniques and products.
- Analyze and improve system performance, robustness, reliability, and usability.
- Collaborate with modeling and partner teams to integrate systems and investigate use cases.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience programming in Python or C++.
- 5 years of experience leading ML design and optimizing end-to-end Machine Learning; 5 years testing and launching software products; 3 years in software design and architecture.
- 2 years of experience with GenAI techniques or related concepts.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Experience with data structures and algorithms, technical leadership, or cross-functional projects.
Pay
$207000 - $300000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, C++, Gemini
AI focus
Work on machine-learning infrastructure and modeling, including GenAI, training and serving systems, model deployment and evaluation, data processing, debugging, and fine-tuning.
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