Senior Software Engineer, Search AI Quality

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

Senior Software Engineer, Search AI Quality

Google

Washington D.C., DC, USA; New York, NY, USA

Mid

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Washington D.C., DC, USA; New York, NY, USA.

Minimum 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.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Experience developing applications using Large Language Models (LLMs), agentic architectures, or Generative AI evaluation methodologies.
• Experience leading technical projects through the full development lifecycle, including design, implementation, experimentation, and deployment.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional partners to prioritize tasks, execute project workstreams, and communicate progress.
• Experience applying AI-assisted development tools or autonomous agent coding to build and prototype software features.

About the job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

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: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Focus on improving Search AI quality in Verticals, specifically Live Events Factuality and Freshness for topics like live sports, stock quotes, weather, and travel.
• Work closely with teams across Search Verticals, Search Intelligence, and DeepMind to address critical quality gaps on high-visibility queries in Search and AI Mode.
• Engage in horizontal factuality quality programs across Search and GDM, and proactively identify new factuality quality gaps within Vertical slices.
• Build or enhance automated evals to speed up error detection and establish self-improvement loops.
• Design and run experiments to enhance quality and minimize errors in AI-generated responses, while actively representing Search Verticals and Infrastructure (SVI) in cross-Search forums.

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