Principal Engineer, Agentic AI Data and Insights

Google LLC; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC is seeking a Principal Engineer for Agentic AI Data and Insights to lead the technical vision and execution across Google’s data platforms. You will guide agentic infrastructure, influence cross‑functional teams, and shape core services that power Google’s data analysis capabilities.

The role emphasizes senior leadership across portfolios, architecture, and platform integration, with a focus on scalable, enterprise-grade data systems and developer tooling adopted by teams company-wide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience serving as a senior technical leader overseeing portfolios and multiple engineering teams.
• Experience in architectural design and systems integration for multi-stakeholder, enterprise-grade platforms.

Responsibilities

• Act as the organization’s primary technical authority for agentic data analysis and set long-term technical vision.
• Lead development of agentic tools and foundational technologies across Google-wide languages, APIs, and systems.
• Bridge internal systems with external standards (e.g., ANSI SQL) to enable cohesive data analysis.
• Shape strategy across Core, Cloud, and GDM to drive insight generation and platform adoption.

Skills

Large-scale distributed systems

Senior technical leader

Data analysis

BI systems

Agentic AI knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree or PhD preferred

Tools

Iceberg

Spark

Open-source data lakehouse standards

Job description

Principal Engineer, Agentic AI Data and Insights

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• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience serving as a senior technical leader (e.g., principal engineer, senior staff engineer, or equivalent) overseeing portfolios and multiple engineering teams.
• Experience in architectural design and systems integration for multi-stakeholder, enterprise-grade platforms.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computer Engineering, or a related highly technical field.
• Experience with modern data technologies, distributed computing frameworks, or open-source data lakehouse standards (e.g., Iceberg, Spark, or equivalent).

Experience building high-quality, compelling developer tools or standardized component ecosystems that teams voluntarily adopt.

• Knowledge of agentic harnesses, large language models, agentic AI workflows (such as sub-agent configuration, skills, and RAG systems), and developer ecosystems.
• Extensive technical domain expertise in large-scale data analysis, database systems, or Business Intelligence (BI).
• Proven track record of working with large-scale, unstructured, and "messy" data ecosystems at scale.

About the job

The Insights organization within Google Core builds and operates the foundational data analysis platforms and languages used across the entire company. Our portfolio covers a wide range of deep, complex technical topics that affect every part of Google, including all of Google's primary business intelligence and exploratory analysis platform, GoogleSQL, and the core services and libraries that power Google's largest data processing systems. We are focused on driving the technical strategy for how Google uses agentic infrastructure to drive analysis, with the potential to effect transformative change across almost every part of Google—from pure data analysts and GDM to engineers, POps, and executives.

As a Principal Engineer for the newly formed Insights pillar, you will serve as the organization’s primary technical authority for agentic data analysis. Partnering with the Director and other senior technical leaders across Core, Cloud, and GDM, you will shape the long‑term technical vision and strategy for how Google uses agentic infrastructure to drive analysis and insight generation.

In this role, you will provide technical guidance across the Insights organization and lead the development of agentic tools and foundational technologies for Google‑wide languages, APIs, and systems. You will act as the technical connective tissue across Google, bridging the gap between internal specialized systems and external standards (e.g., standard ANSI SQL).

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

About the job

The Insights organization within Google Core builds and operates the foundational data analysis platforms and languages used across the entire company. Our portfolio covers a wide range of deep, complex technical topics that affect every part of Google, including all of Google's primary business intelligence and exploratory analysis platform, GoogleSQL, and the core services and libraries that power Google's largest data processing systems. We are focused on driving the technical strategy for how Google uses agentic infrastructure to drive analysis, with the potential to effect transformative change across almost every part of Google—from pure data analysts and GDM to engineers, POps, and executives.

As a Principal Engineer for the newly formed Insights pillar, you will serve as the organization’s primary technical authority for agentic data analysis. Partnering with the Director and other senior technical leaders across Core, Cloud, and GDM, you will shape the long‑term technical vision and strategy for how Google uses agentic infrastructure to drive analysis and insight generation.

In this role, you will provide technical guidance across the Insights organization and lead the development of agentic tools and foundational technologies for Google‑wide languages, APIs, and systems. You will act as the technical connective tissue across Google, bridging the gap between internal specialized systems and external standards (e.g., standard ANSI SQL).

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components,