Software Engineer III, AI/ML, Google Play

Socket.dev; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking software engineers to work on projects critical to our needs, with opportunities to switch teams as the company grows. You will contribute to backend systems, data storage, and AI-related developments across the Android and Google Play ecosystems.

Individual pay varies with skills and education. US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) plus 15% bonus target, equity, and benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience required.
• 2 years of experience programming in Python or C++.
• 1 year with speech/audio, reinforcement learning, ML infrastructure, or related ML field.
• 1 year of experience with ML infrastructure (deployment, evaluation, optimization, data processing, debugging).
• Master's degree or PhD preferred.
• 2 years of data structures or algorithms helpful.
• Experience developing accessible technologies beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Collaborate through design and code reviews to ensure best practices.
• Contribute to documentation and educational content updates.
• Triage issues, debug and resolve impacts on hardware, network, or service operations.
• Implement solutions in ML areas, utilize ML infrastructure, and contribute to model optimization and data processing.

Skills

Python

C++

ML infrastructure

Speech/Audio

Reinforcement learning

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

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

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 2 years of experience programming in Python or C++.
• 1 year of experience with one or more of the following: Speech/audio (e.g., technology duplicating and responding to the human voice), reinforcement learning (e.g., sequential decision making), ML infrastructure, or specialization in another ML field.
  
• 1 year of experience with ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, optimization, data processing, debugging).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
  
• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
  

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.

Google Play offers music, movies, books, apps and games for devices, powered by the cloud. It syncs across devices and on the web. As part of the Android and Mobile team, Googlers working on Google Play do everything from engineering our backend systems, to shaping product strategy, to forming great content partnerships. They make it possible for people to do things like buy an ebook or song on their Android phone, then have it instantly available on their laptop. The Google Play team enhances the Android ecosystem by giving developers and partners a premium store where they can reach millions of users.

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

Learn more about benefits at Google.

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 solutions in one or more specialized ML areas, utilize ML infrastructure, and contribute to model optimization and data processing.