Senior AI & Trust Engineer (Distributed Systems)

Socket.dev; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google seeks software engineers to develop next-generation technologies that connect billions of users with information. You will work on large-scale distributed systems and AI-driven features across cross-functional teams, advancing trust, safety, and data security.

As a versatile engineer, you will lead design efforts, collaborate across disciplines, and tackle complex problems in a fast-paced environment. The role emphasizes leadership and innovative problem-solving.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems.
• 3 years of experience architecting distributed systems, infrastructure or agentic systems.
• Experience building and deploying agentic AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Scope, design, test, and deploy new features and components that leverage AI to automate and enhance trust and safety operations, enabling teams to scale their user protection impact efficiently.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues, ensuring a high-quality user experience.
• Work across the stack from building AI models, to performing experiments, improving quality, building infrastructure and tools, etc.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to solve ambiguous, testing, and impactful problems at the intersection of technology, automation, user protection, and AI.
• Participate in code reviews, receive and give constructive feedback to peers.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Large-scale engineering

Agentic AI systems

Leadership qualities

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's or PhD in CS

Job description

Google seeks software engineers to develop next-generation technologies that connect billions of users with information. You will work on large-scale distributed systems and AI-driven features across cross-functional teams, advancing trust, safety, and data security.

As a versatile engineer, you will lead design efforts, collaborate across disciplines, and tackle complex problems in a fast-paced environment. The role emphasizes leadership and innovative problem-solving.