Staff Software Engineer, App Ads, Data and Measurement

Google; Singapore; On-site; SGD 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Singapore is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for App Ads, Data and Measurement to design and lead high-scale backend systems and AI-enabled workflows. You will shape multi-quarter technical strategy, mentor engineers, and drive cross-functional initiatives across privacy-preserving measurement and ML optimization.

The role emphasizes building distributed data pipelines, real-time ads serving, and collaborating with global teams to achieve impactful advertiser ROI while advancing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, or Go.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience designing and building large-scale back-end distributed systems or data processing pipelines.
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or Large Language Model (LLM) interfaces into workflows.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the multi-quarter technical strategy and architecture for high-throughput, low-latency advertising serving stacks and petabyte-scale data and measurement pipelines.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and enhance large-scale back-end software solutions, leveraging distributed data processing and storage systems.
• Lead cross-functional technical initiatives across privacy-preserving measurement, attribution, and machine learning optimization to improve advertiser ROI.
• Influence, mentor, and coach a distributed team of engineers, elevating code health, engineering velocity, and AI-accelerated development workflows.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across Engineering and Product Management partners across Singapore and global offices on technical goals, outcomes, and timelines.

Skills

C++/Java/Python/Go

Testing/launching software

Software design/architecture

Distributed systems/data pipelines

Gen AI/LLM integration

Mentoring/leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, CS, or related field

Job description

Staff Software Engineer, App Ads, Data and Measurement

Google will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require Google's sponsorship of a visa.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, or Go.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience designing and building large-scale back-end distributed systems or data processing pipelines.
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or Large Language Model (LLM) interfaces into workflows.

Google will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require Google's sponsorship of a visa.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, or Go.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience designing and building large-scale back-end distributed systems or data processing pipelines.
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or Large Language Model (LLM) interfaces into workflows.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
• Experience with high-throughput real-time serving systems, large-scale data pipelines, privacy-preserving measurement, or machine learning infrastructure in digital advertising.
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into engineering or product workflows.

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.

Google Ads is at the forefront of AI innovation, applying cutting-edge machine learning and Generative AI models like Gemini to power a multi-billion dollar global business.

Our work directly impacts billions of users by protecting users from harm, improving ad quality, and optimizing campaigns for advertiser return-on-investment. We foster a culture of deep collaboration, partnering closely with teams like Google Research and DeepMind to solve complex challenges. Join us to work on state-of-the-art AI, take on problems at an unparalleled scale, and build the next generation of advertising technology.

A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.

A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the multi-quarter technical strategy and architecture for high-throughput, low-latency advertising serving stacks and petabyte-scale data and measurement pipelines.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and enhance large-scale back-end software solutions, leveraging distributed data processing and storage systems.
• Lead cross-functional technical initiatives across privacy-preserving measurement, attribution, and machine learning optimization to improve advertiser Return on Investment (ROI).
• Influence, mentor, and coach a distributed team of engineers, elevating code health, engineering velocity, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-accelerated development workflows.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across Engineering and Product Management partners across Singapore and global offices on technical goals, outcomes, and timelines.

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.