Staff Software Engineer, Search Ads Budgeting
Mountain View, CA, USA · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- 8 years programming; 5 years with large-scale distributed systems, real-time control/optimization systems, or ML/forecasting pipelines; 5 years testing and launching software products; 3 years software design and architecture.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Build and lead large-scale Ads Budgeting software and experiments that pace advertiser budgets and improve return on investment across Google Ads campaign types.
What you'll do
- Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects and coach a distributed team of engineers.
- Align teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines; manage priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.
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 with large-scale distributed systems, real-time control/optimization systems, or ML/forecasting pipelines.
- 5 years of experience testing and launching software products; 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
Pay
$207000 - $300000 (USD) (base salary)
Tools
C++, Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, Gemini
AI focus
Work on Ads Budgeting experiments to improve advertiser ROI; Google Ads applies machine learning and Generative AI models like Gemini to optimize campaigns.
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