Staff Software Engineer, AI-Driven Ads Platform

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus target

Job summary

Google is seeking a software engineer to lead high-impact projects and guide a distributed team across multiple back-end and front-end technologies. The role emphasizes designing and delivering scalable software, with strong attention to timelines and outcomes.

As part of Google Ads and AI initiatives, you will work on cutting-edge models like Gemini to power a global business, shaping product quality and advertiser value while collaborating with research and engineering teams worldwide.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience with full stack development across back-end and front-end technologies.
• 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

Full stack development

Java

Python

Golang

C++

JavaScript

TypeScript

HTML/CSS

Software design

LLM integration

AI tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s or PhD in Engineering/CS or related

Job description

Google is seeking a software engineer to lead high-impact projects and guide a distributed team across multiple back-end and front-end technologies. The role emphasizes designing and delivering scalable software, with strong attention to timelines and outcomes.

As part of Google Ads and AI initiatives, you will work on cutting-edge models like Gemini to power a global business, shaping product quality and advertiser value while collaborating with research and engineering teams worldwide.