Staff AI/ML Engineer - Ads & Search, Equity + Bonus

Google LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Mountain View, CA, and New York, NY, seeks a Staff Software Engineer for AI/ML in Search Ads. You will own outcomes, drive AI-first ad experiences, and lead cross‑team collaboration in a high‑scale environment.

Requirements include 8+ years in software development, strong Java/C/C++/Python, and 5+ years in ML design/infrastructure, with experience in multimodal ML and production deployments. In-person interviews apply, with preferred locations in Mountain View or New York.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Optimize the Search results page (including organic results and ads) to co‑evolve ads, leverage AI to maintain business generation, create ad experiences, help users find content faster, and enable growth opportunities for advertisers.
• Leverage AI/ML advancements, including Large Language Models (LLMs) and Agentic AI, to solve optimization problems across search ads, from product innovation to agentic automation.
• Deliver ad experiences in the world of AI.
• Design, build, and maintain self‑service tools and platform features that embed AI/ML quality evaluation methods.
• Architect systems for deploying and serving AI/ML models specifically for data quality assessment tasks.

Skills

Java

C/C++

Python

ML design

Multimodal ML

LLMs

AI systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Google LLC in Mountain View, CA, and New York, NY, seeks a Staff Software Engineer for AI/ML in Search Ads. You will own outcomes, drive AI-first ad experiences, and lead cross‑team collaboration in a high‑scale environment.

Requirements include 8+ years in software development, strong Java/C/C++/Python, and 5+ years in ML design/infrastructure, with experience in multimodal ML and production deployments. In-person interviews apply, with preferred locations in Mountain View or New York.