Staff Software Engineer, Ads Platform & AI Infrastructure

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Holidays

Job summary

Google Inc. in Kirkland, WA, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Ads Enterprise Platform to drive long-term engineering strategy and own key design decisions.

You will collaborate across Ads platforms to improve productivity and impact while balancing short-term delivery with the long-term vision. You will mentor engineers, lead ML design and AI tooling integration efforts, and steward scalable architectures in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of software design and architecture.
• 5 years of experience with ML design and ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, evaluation, data processing, debugging, and fine-tuning).
• Experience in prompt engineering, or multi-agent systems.
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.

Responsibilities

• Drive the long-term engineering strategy, incorporating organizational business priorities and technological shifts while leveraging AI capabilities.
• Own key technical decisions based on your expertise to guide the team through important design tradeoffs.
• Improve the organization's technical health by ensuring the right investments are made to remove widely-felt barriers to productivity.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure alignment and re-use across the Ads platforms while making decisions that are best for the overall business.
• Grow the next generation of technical leaders through direct coaching and scalable mentorship initiatives.

Skills

Software development

Software design

ML design & infra

Prompt engineering / multi-agent

AI tooling integration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s or PhD preferred

Job description

Google Inc. in Kirkland, WA, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Ads Enterprise Platform to drive long-term engineering strategy and own key design decisions.

You will collaborate across Ads platforms to improve productivity and impact while balancing short-term delivery with the long-term vision. You will mentor engineers, lead ML design and AI tooling integration efforts, and steward scalable architectures in a fast-moving environment.