Staff Software Engineer - Agent Quality & GenAI

Google LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a Senior Staff Software Engineer, Agent Quality, to lead multimodal agent development and GenAI quality evaluation at scale. You will shape engineering standards, drive end-to-end systems, and collaborate with DeepMind and Vertex AI teams.

Required: 8+ years in software development, 5+ years in ML design/architecture, GenAI experience, and strong leadership. In-person interviews; competitive equity and benefits.

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 experience with software design and architecture.
• 5 years of experience leading ML design and optimizing end-to-end Machine Learning (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine tuning).
• 2 years of experience with GenAI techniques (e.g., LLMs, multi-modal, large vision models) or with GenAI-related concepts (e.g., language modeling, computer vision).
• 2 years of experience in building Generative AI applications, Agentic workflows and GenAI quality evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the definition and execution of engineering standards and "no-regression" release gates to ensure exceptional response accuracy, safety, and brand alignment.
• Build the core logic for multimodal agents that execute complex reasoning to serve various business needs across functions like sales, support, and finance.
• Develop automated meta-layers that allow agents to iteratively build, test, and refine other agents, transforming development into a precise engineering artifact.
• Embed Gemini and Vertex AI intelligence directly into enterprise infrastructure and collaborate with partner teams like Google DeepMind to shape foundational agent frameworks.
• Use data-driven analysis and evaluation pipelines to continuously improve model performance, optimize prompts, and reduce hallucinations.

Skills

Leadership

GenAI knowledge

Multimodal systems

Model evaluation

AI safety

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master’s or PhD preferred

Tools

Gemini Enterprise

Vertex AI

LLMs

Job description

Google LLC in Sunnyvale, CA, seeks a Senior Staff Software Engineer, Agent Quality, to lead multimodal agent development and GenAI quality evaluation at scale. You will shape engineering standards, drive end-to-end systems, and collaborate with DeepMind and Vertex AI teams.

Required: 8+ years in software development, 5+ years in ML design/architecture, GenAI experience, and strong leadership. In-person interviews; competitive equity and benefits.