Software Engineer, BigQuery AI Developer Experience

Google; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 141,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life insurance

401(k) retirement benefits

20 days of vacation per year

Paid sick time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Kirkland, WA, is seeking a talented Software Engineer for Developer Experiences. This role transcends traditional development by focusing on AI-native solutions that facilitate intuitive interactions with data at scale. Responsibilities include implementing innovative developer surfaces and designing autonomous tools. Candidates should possess a bachelor's degree and relevant experience in full-stack development, with expertise in technologies like TypeScript, Java, Go, or Python. The position offers a competitive salary package that includes bonus and equity options.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience with software development.
• Experience in building developer-facing products.
• Knowledge of TypeScript, Java, Go, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Implement AI-native developer surfaces across tools.
• Design Developer Agents for autonomous code creation.
• Develop full-stack solutions bridging backend AI and interfaces.

Skills

Software development

Full-Stack Development

API design

UI/UX integration

Agentic AI frameworks

Large-scale distributed systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields

Job description

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible U.S. based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (statutory, where applicable); 5 days/event (discretionary)
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:

Kirkland, WA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
• 2 years of experience building developer-facing products, integrated development environments or command line tools.
• Experience in Full-Stack Development, Integrated Development Environment (IDE) or extension development (VS Code/IntelliJ) across TypeScript/Java/Go/Python.
• Experience with Agentic AI frameworks and LLMs.
• Experience with API design, UI/UX integration for developer tools, and with large-scale distributed systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• Experience with Large Language Models for code (e.g., Gemini or similar), modern cloud infrastructure (e.g., GCP or similar), and industry-standard developer tool frameworks.
• Experience in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
• Knowledge of data warehousing concepts, and developer productivity metrics.

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.

As a Software Engineer for Developer Experiences, you will re-imagine how the world interacts with data at scale. We are building a future where the developer environment is AI-native by default.

Following the launch of BigQuery Studio and the innovations such as Data Canvas, we are now going after the goal of enabling every developer with AI assistants. You will be at the forefront in this evolution, building the surfaces and tools that make data development intuitive, fast, and seamless. Your work will influence how millions of developers write, debug, and deploy data workloads using AI agents.

You will collaborate with product managers, engineers, scientists, and designers to create a unified, AI-accelerated developer experience that redefines the boundaries of how humans and AI collaborate on code and data.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting‑edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

The US base salary range for this full‑time position is $141,000‑$202,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job‑related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Implement and re-imagine AI-native developer surfaces across BigQuery Studio, Integrated Development Environment (IDE), and Command-line Interface (CLI) tools.
• Design Developer Agents that accelerate development life-cycle through autonomous code generation, SQL optimization, pipeline generation, automated debugging, schema suggestion and more.
• Develop full-stack solutions that bridge the gap between complex backend AI services and intuitive, high-performance user interfaces.
• Partner with UX, Product, and Science to prototype and productionize new interaction paradigms (e.g., natural language to complex DDL/DML).
• Drive engineering standards for developer tooling, focusing on latency, reliability, and seamless multi-surface experiences.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.