Software Engineer, Generative AI, Shopping Quality

Google; Town of Montana (WI); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Software Engineer for Generative AI in the Shopping Quality team in Mountain View, CA. You will help build GenAI-powered features that enhance the shopping journey for users and retailers at scale.

The role emphasizes strong software engineering fundamentals, collaboration across teams, and hands-on work with ML infrastructure to deploy AI-driven solutions across Google's commerce products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• 1 year of experience in machine learning, generative AI, data mining or statistical modeling.
• Experience with GenAI techniques (e.g., large language models, multi-modal, large vision models) or with GenAI-related concepts (e.g., language modeling, computer vision).

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Collaborate with peers and stakeholders through design and code reviews to ensure best practices amongst available technologies (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
• Implement GenAI solutions, utilize ML infrastructure, and contribute to data preparation, optimization, and performance enhancements.

Skills

Software development

GenAI techniques

Prompt engineering

LLM/vision models

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

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

Job description

Software Engineer, Generative AI, Shopping Quality

Location: Mountain View, CA, USA

Experience Level: Mid

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• 1 year of experience in machine learning, generative AI, data mining or statistical modeling.
• Experience with GenAI techniques (e.g., large language models, multi-modal, large vision models) or with GenAI-related concepts (e.g., language modeling, computer vision).

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
• Experience in prompt engineering, building or utilizing LLM-powered auto-evaluation and optimization systems.
• Background in sequence/transformer modeling in other domains like speech, or experience with end-to-end ML application in products.

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.

People shop on Google more than a billion times a day - and the Commerce team is responsible for building the experiences that serve these users. The mission for Google Commerce is to be an essential part of the shopping journey for consumers - from inspiration to a simple and secure checkout experience - and the best place for retailers/merchants to connect with consumers. We support and partner with the commerce ecosystem, from large retailers to small local merchants, to give them the tools, technology, and scale to thrive in today's digital world.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Salary

US: $147,000 - $210,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Collaborate with peers and stakeholders through design and code reviews to ensure best practices amongst available technologies (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
• Implement GenAI solutions, utilize ML infrastructure, and contribute to data preparation, optimization, and performance enhancements.

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