Staff GenAI & Data Analytics Engineer

Google Inc.; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life, and long

401(k) with company match

Paid Time Off: 20 days per year

Sick Time: 40 hours/year

Maternity Leave: 28-30 weeks

Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks

Holidays: 13 paid days

Job summary

Google Inc. in Kirkland, WA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Generative AI and Data Analytics to own outcomes, solve ambiguous problems, and influence stakeholders.

You’ll bring deep expertise in ML design and scalable infrastructure across AI-powered data platforms. The role focuses on building AI/ML software that bridges models to enterprise data, leveraging BigQuery and its ecosystem to empower data-driven decisions at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience leading ML design and optimizing ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine tuning).
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical strategy and architectural design of the core reasoning engine that translates natural language into reliable SQL insights, ensuring the platform scales to support complex enterprise data exploration.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration with AI/ML, UX, and Product teams to define the "agentic" future of BigQuery, bridging the gap between raw data and business-ready answers.
• Establish and maintain engineering excellence by setting the bar for performance, reliability, and observability of production-critical agent services across the BigQuery ecosystem.
• Mentor and influence a broad group of engineers, identifying and refining ambiguous, high-impact problems into tractable projects that advance our data-centric AI capabilities.

Skills

Software development

ML design leadership

Model deployment

Model evaluation

Data processing

Debugging and fine-tuning

Software product launches

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

BigQuery

Job description

Google Inc. in Kirkland, WA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Generative AI and Data Analytics to own outcomes, solve ambiguous problems, and influence stakeholders.

You’ll bring deep expertise in ML design and scalable infrastructure across AI-powered data platforms. The role focuses on building AI/ML software that bridges models to enterprise data, leveraging BigQuery and its ecosystem to empower data-driven decisions at scale.