Software Engineer III, AI/ML, Image Recommendation Modeling

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

Job summary

Google's Ember team engineers are building scalable ML infrastructure for a high‑quality, hyper-personalized feed at global scale. You will work on ranking, feed blending, and GenAI-enabled experiences that impact billions of users and cross‑functional teams.

The role emphasizes collaboration, cutting-edge ML work, and end-to-end lifecycle management from data gathering to deployment in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in Python and C++ programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• 1 year of experience with Machine Learning, specifically reinforcement learning (e.g., sequential decision making).
• 1 year of experience with ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging).

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable ML infrastructure for Ember’s 0-to-1 ranking and feed blending platform.
• Apply advanced ML and multi-objective optimization techniques to curate a hyper-personalized, inspiring visual feed for global users.
• Lead the technical execution of novel, GenAI-driven user experiences from ideation to production rollout.
• Drive the end-to-end machine learning life-cycle, data gathering, model training, offline/online evaluation, and deployment at a massive scale.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, UX, and cross-functional engineering teams to define technical paths to launch and deliver on the product roadmap.

Skills

Python

C++

Reinforcement Learning

ML infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree or PhD in CS

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in Python and C++ programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• 1 year of experience with Machine Learning, specifically reinforcement learning (e.g., sequential decision making).
• 1 year of experience with ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with personalization, recommender systems, or multimodal machine learning.
• Strong problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills.
• 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.

As a part of the Ember team, you will help reimagine Google Images, a platform serving over a billion daily interactions, to build a queryless, hyper-personalized feed that fuels creativity worldwide.

In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.

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:

• Design and build scalable ML infrastructure for Ember’s 0-to-1 ranking and feed blending platform.
• Apply advanced ML and multi-objective optimization techniques to curate a hyper-personalized, inspiring visual feed for global users.
• Lead the technical execution of novel, GenAI-driven user experiences from ideation to production rollout.
• Drive the end-to-end machine learning life-cycle, data gathering, model training, offline/online evaluation, and deployment at a massive scale.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, UX, and cross-functional engineering teams to define technical paths to launch and deliver on the product roadmap.