Staff Software Engineer, Android Agent

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

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Google is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Android Agent to design, build, and optimize ML systems powering the next generation of on-device AI. You will translate ambiguous user needs into concrete ML challenges and lead end-to-end development across large, privacy-conscious data pipelines.

Ideal candidates have deep ML expertise, senior-level experience guiding projects, and the ability to influence stakeholders while delivering robust, scalable solutions for billions of users.

Qualifications

• Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders.
• Deep expertise in ML/domain across projects and teams.
• In-person interviews are part of the hiring process in most cases.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize end-to-end ML systems and models powering Android's next‑gen AI agent.
• Translate user needs into well-defined ML problems and innovative solutions.
• Architect data pipelines for large-scale training and fine-tuning datasets.
• Lead development and iteration of core ML models with emphasis on on-device performance and privacy.

Skills

Outcome ownership

Decision making

Ambiguity solving

Stakeholder influence

ML design

ML infrastructure

On-device ML

Privacy by design

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering/CS

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

X In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience with one or more of the following: Speech/audio (e.g., technology duplicating and responding to the human voice), reinforcement learning (e.g., sequential decision making), ML infrastructure, or specialization in another ML field.
• 5 years of experience with ML design and 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.
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or Large Language Model (LLM) interfaces into workflows.

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.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
  

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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• Design, build, and optimize the end-to-end machine learning systems and models that power Android's next-generation AI agent.
• Translate ambiguous user needs and product goals for agentic AI into well-defined technical problems and innovative ML solutions.
• Architect and implement robust data pipelines for collecting, cleaning, and processing the massive datasets required for training and fine-tuning ML models.
• Lead the development, training, and continuous improvement of core machine learning models, with a focus on on-device performance and user privacy.
• Establish and own the evaluation frameworks to rigorously measure model quality, ensuring our AI features are reliable, helpful, and personalized.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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