Senior Software Engineer, AI-Driven Dev Tools & XR Infra

Socket.dev; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Software Engineer, Tools and Infrastructure to build and maintain scalable, high-quality tools for engineering teams. You will drive design decisions to improve virtual device fidelity, velocity, and stability, enabling faster AI-assisted testing workflows across projects.

The role focuses on developing AI-powered features within developer tools, collaborating with multiple teams, and leading reviews to improve code health, testability, and release velocity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in Python, Java, Go, or C++.
• 5 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• 3 years of experience in developing virtual devices, developer tools, automation frameworks, testing infrastructure, or CI/CD systems.
• Experience applying AI/ML techniques to software engineering problems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, deploy, maintain, enhance and stay abreast of latest complex software solutions that improve the developer workflow, code quality, and release velocity.
• Lead the technical design and implementation of projects, making key architectural and technical decisions to improve virtual device's fidelity, velocity and stability to scale AI testing workflow on virtual devices.
• Develop and integrate AI-powered features into developer tools to assist with code generation, code review, test generation, bug detection/triaging, and more, increasingly leveraging AI/ML.
• Collaborate closely with various engineering teams to understand their needs, gather requirements, and drive the adoption of new tools and best practices. Contribute to and lead design reviews, code reviews, and discussions on system architecture.
• Define and track metrics to measure the impact of tools and process improvements on developer productivity and system health.

Skills

Python

Java

Go

C++

Software design

Software architecture

Virtual devices

Developer tools

Automation frameworks

CI/CD systems

AI/ML in software

LLMs

Gemini

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Google is seeking a Software Engineer, Tools and Infrastructure to build and maintain scalable, high-quality tools for engineering teams. You will drive design decisions to improve virtual device fidelity, velocity, and stability, enabling faster AI-assisted testing workflows across projects.

The role focuses on developing AI-powered features within developer tools, collaborating with multiple teams, and leading reviews to improve code health, testability, and release velocity.