Senior Software Engineer, AI Search Quality & Experiments

Google; New York (NY); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Search AI Quality, to advance live event factuality, freshness, and relevance across high-visibility queries. You will work with cross-functional teams including Search Verticals, Search Intelligence, and DeepMind to identify quality gaps and deploy automated evaluation and experimentation to improve AI-driven results.

The role emphasizes leadership, cross-team collaboration, and applying AI-assisted development techniques to build and prototype

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience programming in one or more general-purpose programming languages including, but not limited to, Java, C/C++, Python, JavaScript, or Go.
• Experience conducting exploratory data analysis using programming languages (e.g., R, Python) and database querying (e.g., SQL).
• Experience evaluating search quality or user interaction data to improve query relevance and search results.
• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field (preferred).
• Experience developing applications using Large Language Models (LLMs), agentic architectures, or Generative AI evaluation methodologies (preferred).
• Experience leading technical projects through the full development lifecycle (preferred).
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional partners to prioritize tasks and communicate progress (preferred).
• Experience applying AI-assisted development tools or autonomous agent coding to build features (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Improve Search AI quality for Live Events Factuality and Freshness.
• Collaborate with Search Verticals, Search Intelligence, and DeepMind to fix high-visibility queries.
• Engage in horizontal factuality programs across Search and GDM.
• Build or enhance automated evals to detect errors and enable self-improvement loops.
• Design experiments to improve quality and reduce errors in AI-generated responses.

Skills

Programming languages

Data analysis

SQL

Search quality evaluation

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD (preferred)

Job description

Google is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Search AI Quality, to advance live event factuality, freshness, and relevance across high-visibility queries. You will work with cross-functional teams including Search Verticals, Search Intelligence, and DeepMind to identify quality gaps and deploy automated evaluation and experimentation to improve AI-driven results.

The role emphasizes leadership, cross-team collaboration, and applying AI-assisted development techniques to build and prototype