Senior Staff Tech Lead — Gen AI & Large-Scale Systems

Google; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 262,000 - 364,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking software engineers to help build next-generation infrastructure and AI-enabled products. You will work on large-scale systems, distributed architectures, and cross-functional initiatives that impact billions of users worldwide.

The Photos Create team focuses on empowering users to express themselves creatively, applying cutting-edge gen media technologies to Google Photos for 1.5 billion users. Individual pay is determined by experience, education, and training.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of software development experience.
• 5 years building large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.
• 5 years contributing to cross-functional projects.
• 3 years working on cross-business projects.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the long-term engineering goal for our space and provide technical leadership.
• Contribute to codebase and system design with high technical standards.
• Steer investments to deliver at a rapid industry pace.
• Balance strategy with hands-on generation of new features in prod.
• Collaborate across teams with PM, UX and PgM to drive strategy.

Skills

Java

C++

Distributed systems

Large-scale infrastructure

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD preferred

Tools

Generative AI

LLM

Job description

Google is seeking software engineers to help build next-generation infrastructure and AI-enabled products. You will work on large-scale systems, distributed architectures, and cross-functional initiatives that impact billions of users worldwide.

The Photos Create team focuses on empowering users to express themselves creatively, applying cutting-edge gen media technologies to Google Photos for 1.5 billion users. Individual pay is determined by experience, education, and training.