Senior Staff Full-Stack Engineer: AI & Performance Lead

Google; New York (NY); On-site; USD 262,000 - 364,000; Full time

Job summary

Google’s Senior Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack role is based in New York, NY (USA) with scope across global teams. You will own core technical strategies and develop scalable, high-performance systems for retail signals and value optimization.

The position requires deep expertise in full-stack development, system design, and ML-driven performance optimization, with collaboration across product, engineering, and sales to drive measurable impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of software development experience.
• 7 years of full stack development across back-end and front-end tech including Java, Python, Go, C++, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML and CSS.
• 5 years of design and architecture experience; and testing/launching software products.
• 3 years of performance analysis including large-scale distributed systems, machine learning optimization and performance optimization.
• Experience in machine learning and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical and strategic roadmap for retail signals, goals and optimization.
• Improve the user understanding, advertiser intent and LTV value definition to power automated value delivery for retailers.
• Work with PMs and executives, identify the right areas of improvements, making sure all the areas come together. For example, how we consolidate different tools for value adjustments and use consistently across predictions and optimization.
• Work with senior cross-product area partners to leverage their expertise and infrastructure.

Skills

Full stack development

Java

Python

Go

C++

JavaScript

TypeScript

HTML

CSS

System design and architecture

Performance analysis

Large-scale distributed systems

Machine learning optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google’s Senior Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack role is based in New York, NY (USA) with scope across global teams. You will own core technical strategies and develop scalable, high-performance systems for retail signals and value optimization.

The position requires deep expertise in full-stack development, system design, and ML-driven performance optimization, with collaboration across product, engineering, and sales to drive measurable impact.