Software Engineer, Knowledge Catalog For AI

Google LLC; Kirkland, Sunnyvale (WA, CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Holidays

Job summary

Google LLC in Kirkland, WA is hiring a Software Engineer for the Knowledge Catalog for AI to build the foundational context engine for the AI era. You will contribute to an enterprise-wide catalog that serves as the single source of truth for both human users and AI agents, enabling governance and rich data context across analytics and autonomous applications.

You will work on AI agents across Google Cloud ecosystems, and help scale data platforms while collaborating across teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies or storage.
• 2 years of experience with software development or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
• Experience with Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, and Generative AI Agents.
• Experience with distributed systems and software architecture.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (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.

Skills

AI/Generative AI

Distributed systems

Software development

Large-scale infra

Strong coding

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Software Engineer, Knowledge Catalog For AI

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In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process. In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US 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 (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• 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; Sunnyvale, CA, USA.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies or storage.
• 2 years of experience with software development or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
• Experience with Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, and Generative AI Agents.
• Experience with distributed systems and software architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• Experience with shipping 0-to-1 AI applications, with a holistic understanding of product, quality, and infra.
• Experience developing Cloud or SaaS products.
• Knowledge of data warehouses, big data, SQL, and data governance.

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.

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 Knowledge Catalog, you will work on the foundational context engine for the AI era. In this role, you will work on an always-on, enterprise-wide catalog for AI that serves as the single source of truth for both human users and AI agents. As a part of the team, you will help bridge the gap between raw data and true business meaning, powering Google's Agentic Data Cloud (demoed at Google Cloud Next ’26 - Agentic Data Cloud) and enabling AI agents to reason, act, and execute on complex enterprise data. You will provide universal business context and governance for your entire data estate as Data teams and AI developers use Knowledge Catalog to discover data, enforce policies, and retrieve rich context for both analytics and autonomous applications.

In this role, you will empower AI agents across industry-leading Google Cloud and third-party data ecosystems (BigQuery, lakehouses, operational databases, etc.). Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s 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. 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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• Write product or system development code.
  
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (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.

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