Staff Software Engineer, AI/Shopping Graph Infra Lead

Google LLC; Zürich; On-site; CHF 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Share Staff Software Engineer for the Shopping Graph in Zürich, Switzerland. You will lead high-impact projects, drive architectural direction, and mentor a distributed engineering team across multiple scopes including AI integration and large-scale systems.

We value senior contributors with broad experience in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin, or Go, and the ability to ship robust products in a dynamic, matrixed environment. English proficiency is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin or Go.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.

Skills

Programming languages

Software testing

Software design

AI integration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s or PhD

Job description

Google is seeking a Share Staff Software Engineer for the Shopping Graph in Zürich, Switzerland. You will lead high-impact projects, drive architectural direction, and mentor a distributed engineering team across multiple scopes including AI integration and large-scale systems.

We value senior contributors with broad experience in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin, or Go, and the ability to ship robust products in a dynamic, matrixed environment. English proficiency is required.