Google

Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI Engineering

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2 days ago
Sunnyvale, CA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$207k - $300k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Architect secure, cost-effective distributed systems and MLOps pipelines on Google Cloud Platform for fine-tuning and serving frontier models.
  • Translate AI/ML research into production services while optimizing inference latency, throughput, and TPU/GPU fleet utilization.
  • Design self-improving multi-agent architectures and cognitive planning engines for complex, guardrailed workflows.
  • Shape the Google Cloud AI roadmap using operational insights and technical gaps from incubation projects.
  • Mentor executive engineers and promote rapid prototyping, rigorous system design, and technical excellence.
  • Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables while designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, and enhancing software solutions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 8 years of software development experience.
  • At least 5 years of experience testing and launching software products and 3 years of software design and architecture experience.
  • At least 5 years of experience leading ML design and optimizing ML infrastructure, including model deployment, evaluation, data processing, debugging, and fine-tuning.
  • At least 2 years of experience with GenAI techniques or related concepts such as LLMs, multimodal systems, large vision models, language modeling, or computer vision.
  • Preferred: Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • Preferred: experience building advanced GenAI systems, including multi-step LLM, multi-agent, or MCP-integrated systems with orchestration frameworks.
  • Preferred: knowledge of using AI/ML, automation, and advanced technologies to improve workflows and efficiency.
  • Ability to lead complex ambiguous projects and demonstrate strong problem-solving, investigative, and technical leadership skills.

Benefits

  • Google benefits are provided, with equity and other benefits included in the posting.
  • The US base salary range is $207000-$300000, with a 20% bonus target.
  • The role offers opportunities to collaborate across DeepMind, Research, Cloud, Product Management, and enterprise partners.
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