Software Engineer III, AI Infrastructure, Core

Google LLC; Austin, New York (TX, NY); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's AI Infrastructure Core team in Austin is seeking a Software Engineer III to help build the foundational systems behind Google's flagship products. You will work across multiple locations, contributing to core platforms and scalable services that power global-scale AI applications.

The role emphasizes GenAI techniques, ML infrastructure, and multi-language implementation (Python/Go/Java/C++). In-person interviews are common, with preferred locations including Austin, NY, and San Jose.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with GenAI techniques or related concepts.
• 1 year of experience working with Java.
• Experience in machine learning infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Deploy agentic applications using orchestration techniques to guarantee high-precision and safe execution under complex real-world conditions.
• Deploy AI frameworks and tools to enable velocity in product development and scalability of agentic applications that require high-precision and safe execution under complex real-world conditions.
• Architect, construct, and roll out scalable AI orchestration frameworks and AI data pipelines for production-grade validation environments.
• Write high-quality, maintainable code (e.g., in Python, Go, Java, or C++) to build platform abstractions that scale seamlessly across product teams.
• Adopt and integrate distributed tracing, data lineage architectures, and telemetry (e.g., OpenTelemetry) into high-volume generative AI data pipelines.

Skills

GenAI techniques

ML infrastructure

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree

PhD in CS or related field

Tools

Python

Go

Java

C++

Job description

Software Engineer III, AI Infrastructure, Core

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• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with GenAI techniques (e.g., LLMs, Multi-Modal, Large Vision Models) or with GenAI-related concepts (e.g., language modeling, computer vision).
• 1 year of experience working with Java.
• Experience in machine learning infrastructure.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or related technical field.

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. The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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• Deploy agentic applications using innovative orchestration techniques to guarantee high-precision and safe execution under complex real-world conditions.
• Deploy AI frameworks and tools to enable velocity in product development and scalability of agentic applications that require high-precision and safe execution under complex real-world conditions.
• Architect, construct, and roll out scalable AI orchestration frameworks and AI data pipelines for production-grade validation environments.
• Write high-quality, maintainable code (e.g., in Python, Go, Java, or C++) to build platform abstractions that scale seamlessly across product teams.
• Adopt and integrate distributed tracing, data lineage architectures, and telemetry (e.g., OpenTelemetry) into high-volume generative AI data pipelines.

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Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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