Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google Cloud Generative AI

The application window will be open until at least January 9, 2024. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

Note: Google’s hybrid workplace includes remote and in-office roles. By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:

In-office locations: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Boulder, CO, USA; Cambridge, MA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York, NY, USA; Seattle, WA, USA.

Remote location(s): United States.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.
• 5 years of experience with design and architecture and testing/launching software products.
• Experience in Generative AI, responsible AI, and real-time data processing.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, and other deep learning frameworks.
• Experience using collaborative notebook-based workflows (e.g. Jupyter) for prototyping and knowledge sharing.
• Passionate about delighting enterprise customers, and an excellent understanding of enterprise workloads.
• Ability to promote product excellence and collaboration, driving a portfolio of concurrent engineering projects running the gamut from short-term critical feature launches to long-term research initiatives.
• Expertise in AI/ML quality evaluation and improvement, including balancing tuning techniques with cost/benefit tradeoffs.

About The Job:

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day.

As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer, you will work closely with our product teams to innovate, incubate, and prototype how to evolve and transform our Google Cloud Platform (GCP) products to provide Generative AI driven experiences and solutions. You will incubate, prototype, and iterate in this space to quickly bring new ideas to production. This includes staying on top of the latest technology and techniques for Generative AI to continue to evolve our approaches.

Google Cloud accelerates organizations’ ability to digitally transform their business with the best infrastructure, platform, industry solutions and expertise. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology – all on the cleanest cloud in the industry. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $231,000-$339,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Co-lead the technology and innovation strategy for Generative AI and Machine Learning. Understand, implement, and improve upon the latest research in Generative AI.
• Apply judgment to determine whether, where, and how to apply AI/ML to products.
• Evaluate, fine-tune, and maintain models, which includes collecting and preparing data as needed.
• Improve quality through product integrated prompt engineering and optimizations.
• Collaborate with team members to build, evaluate, and deploy critical features.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.