PhD Software Engineer - Advanced Systems & AI Research

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google’s PhD Software Engineer role in Mountain View, CA, seeks engineers to design and build distributed systems and AI infrastructure at scale. You will work across next‑gen projects, switching teams as needed to advance Google’s multi‑product needs across AI, Cloud, and systems areas.

As a PhD graduate, your research expertise will guide new architectures, with collaboration across teams, aiming for high performance, reliability, and innovation in massive-scale environments.

Qualifications

• PhD in CS or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience coding in C, C++, Python, Java or Golang.
• Experience in distributed systems, concurrency, multi-threading, or synchronization.

Responsibilities

• Participate in or lead projects to carry out design, analysis, and development of advanced systems across the stack.
• Write documents that set new technical directions and contribute to existing documentation.
• Study, diagnose and resolve complex technical issues affecting software, hardware, networks, or services.
• Develop code, review code written by others, and ensure best practices.

Skills

Distributed systems

Concurrency

Multi-threading

Synchronization

Architecting systems

Education

PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

C

C++

Python

Java

Golang

Job description

Google’s PhD Software Engineer role in Mountain View, CA, seeks engineers to design and build distributed systems and AI infrastructure at scale. You will work across next‑gen projects, switching teams as needed to advance Google’s multi‑product needs across AI, Cloud, and systems areas.

As a PhD graduate, your research expertise will guide new architectures, with collaboration across teams, aiming for high performance, reliability, and innovation in massive-scale environments.