Staff Software Engineer - Ads Safety & AI Format Enablement

Socket.dev; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is hiring software engineers to build next‑generation technologies powering billions of users. You will lead critical projects in an environment spanning information retrieval, distributed systems, and AI, with opportunities to switch teams as the company grows.

The Ads Safety team protects Google’s ad revenue and user experience, applying state‑of‑the‑art AI. You will contribute to safe, scalable, and innovative advertising platforms at global scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin or Go.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on high‑impact projects.
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large‑scale software solutions.

Skills

C++

Java

Python

Kotlin

Go

Software testing

Software design

LLM integration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s degree or PhD (preferred)

Job description

Google is hiring software engineers to build next‑generation technologies powering billions of users. You will lead critical projects in an environment spanning information retrieval, distributed systems, and AI, with opportunities to switch teams as the company grows.

The Ads Safety team protects Google’s ad revenue and user experience, applying state‑of‑the‑art AI. You will contribute to safe, scalable, and innovative advertising platforms at global scale.