Principal Engineer, Content and Generative AI Exploration, Search Platforms

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 307,000 - 427,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in Mountain View, CA, is seeking a Principal Engineer for Content and Generative AI Exploration to build horizontal content understanding using AI across Google surfaces. You will drive the GenAI experience and explore features essential to the user journey, transforming the Search Content Platform into a proactive, personal knowledge companion.

You'll work on solving complex engineering challenges at scale, collaborating with Research, Search, Ads, and product teams, and influencing the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or equivalent.
• 15 years of software engineering experience.
• 10 years developing and deploying models with DL frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Contribute significantly to Search’s strategic roadmap.
• Develop and deploy GenAI technology to empower Content understanding and AI Generated Content framework.
• Conduct applied research on new GenAI techniques to explore the new content experience and direction.
• Work with adjacent teams (Research, Search, Ads, etc.) to integrate new GenAI technology into our Content products and services.
• Contribute to the outlook and technical roadmap of Search Content Platform’s next generation.

Skills

CS degree or equivalent

15 yrs software eng

10 yrs DL models exp

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

JAX

Job description

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in software engineering, with experience building technical products and services.
• 10 years of experience in developing and deploying models using deep learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, or JAX).

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in software engineering, with experience building technical products and services.
• 10 years of experience in developing and deploying models using deep learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, or JAX).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related field.
• Development experience with AI-centered product features. Experience with the leadership of a user-facing product effort.
• Experience in successfully applying GenAI and machine learning approaches to real-world content problems.
• Excellent mathematical skills with knowledge of statistical methods.
• Ability to influence outside lines of formal authority, working on and with technical and cross-functional or highly matrixed teams to get things done.

About The Job

The Content and Generative AI Exploration team works on the Central Search Content Platform to enable broader Search’s experiences with AI generated content. As Principal Engineer, you will build horizontal content understanding leveraging AI technology, ensuring a consistent experience across Google surfaces. Furthermore, you will focus on the new GenAI experience and explore features or directions that will be essential to the user journey. You will transform the Search Content Platform to be the best knowledge resource with the ability to generate brand new multi-modality insights and empower the Search Product to be the world's most proactive, personal, and conversational knowledge companion.

In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.

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

US: $307000 - $427000 (USD) + 30% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Contribute significantly to Search’s strategic roadmap.
• Develop and deploy GenAI technology to empower Content understanding and AI Generated Content framework.
• Conduct applied research on new GenAI techniques to explore the new content experience and direction.
• Work with adjacent teams (Research, Search, Ads, etc.) to integrate new GenAI technology into our Content products and services.
• Contribute to the outlook and technical roadmap of Search Content Platform’s next generation.

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 .