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

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

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Benefits package

Job summary

Google LLC in New York, NY seeks a Senior Staff Software Tech Lead for Photos Create to drive architecture, system design, and long-term engineering goals for high-scale media features. You will own critical technical decisions and mentor engineers across teams, balancing speed and quality in a fast-growing product area.

You will collaborate with PM, UX, and cross-functional partners to deliver transformative gen media capabilities for billions of users, including new AI-powered experiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development (e.g., Java, C++).
• 5 years of experience building large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or networks.
• 5 years of experience making technical contributions to projects.
• 3 years of experience working in an organization involving cross-functional or cross-business projects.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the long-term engineering goal for our space. Balance leadership with personal ownership of complex, ambiguous problems, ensuring they are clarified and solved through direct technical leadership.
• Contribute to the codebase and system design, setting a high bar for technical excellence and yet scalable execution.
• Steer short and long-term investments to deliver at a rapid industry pace.
• Balance strategic influence with a ‘get-it-done’ mindset, proving out new genMedia features and tech in our product to learn quickly.
• Work efficiently across teams and cross-functionally with PM, UX and PgM to drive strategy.

Skills

Software architecture

Distributed systems

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Large-scale infra

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google LLC in New York, NY seeks a Senior Staff Software Tech Lead for Photos Create to drive architecture, system design, and long-term engineering goals for high-scale media features. You will own critical technical decisions and mentor engineers across teams, balancing speed and quality in a fast-growing product area.

You will collaborate with PM, UX, and cross-functional partners to deliver transformative gen media capabilities for billions of users, including new AI-powered experiences.