Staff Software Engineer, Agents, Workspace

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Sick leave

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Holidays

Job summary

Google is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Agents, Workspace group in Sunnyvale, CA. You will own advanced ML-driven software initiatives, lead cross-functional teams, and shape the Agentic architecture across Workspace products.

The role emphasizes solving ambiguous problems, influencing stakeholders, and delivering scalable, high-quality software at Google's scale. Candidates should have a strong background in software development (C++, Python) and extensive experience with ML design,

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., C++, Python).
• 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, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• 2 years of experience with state of the art GenAI techniques (e.g., LLMs, Multi-Modal, Large Vision Models) or GenAI concepts.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Clarify and solve ambiguous technical issues by collaborating with leadership and cross-functional partners to integrate Agentic infrastructure.
• Partner with Workspace vertical teams to drive engineering excellence and scalability.
• Develop the technical goals and roadmap for our Agentic future, balancing immediate product needs with long-term health of autonomous protocols.

Skills

Software development

ML design & infra

Software testing & deployment

System architecture & design

GenAI techniques

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

C++

Python

Job description

Staff Software Engineer, Agents, Workspace

Google

Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA

Advanced

Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain.

Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., C++, Python).
• 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, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• 2 years of experience with state of the art GenAI techniques (e.g., LLMs, Multi-Modal, Large Vision Models) or with GenAI-related concepts (language modeling, computer vision).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• Experience developing agentic systems, including multi-agent architectures, Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration, and benchmarking for agentic reliability and safety (e.g., AgentBench, CLEAR).

About the job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

Join us in revolutionizing how billions of users interact with their most critical information within Google Workspace. Our team is at the heart of Workspace's artificial intelligence (AI) transformation, building the intelligent, agentic layer that deeply understands and acts upon user needs across Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Chat, and beyond. In this role, you will manage the exciting issues of creating Generative Artificial Intelligence agents that can semantically search, reason over, and synthesize information from Workspace sources to provide direct, high-quality answers and power sophisticated, personalized workflows.

AI will change the future of work in profound ways, and our products— Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Sheets, Vids and Meet are at the forefront. From pre-computed summaries for email threads, summaries for meetings, and videos created from a document using lifelike AI avatars, our AI opportunity is huge. Our mission is to meaningfully connect people so they can create, build, and grow together and as part of the team you can build how productivity tools should work 5-10 years into the future. You will work with model builders (Google DeepMind), work with exceptional leaders, and have the ability to impact billions of users across the world.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $207,000-$300,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Clarify and solve ambiguous technical issues by collaborating with leadership and cross-functional partners to integrate Agentic infrastructure.
• Partner with Workspace vertical teams to drive engineering excellence, proactively anticipating scaling bottlenecks to ensure low-latency performance and reliability.
• Develop the technical goals and roadmap for our Agentic future, exhibiting strong judgment in balancing immediate product needs with the long-term health of our autonomous protocols.

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