Staff Software Engineer, Discover Ranking

Google; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 301,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

20% bonus target

equity

benefits

Job summary

Google is seeking a Software Engineer in Mountain View, California, to develop technologies that enhance user engagement and information access. In this role, you'll leverage substantial experience in software development and machine learning to design systems that personalize content for millions of users.

Your responsibilities will include leading projects, enhancing software solutions, and collaborating across teams to tackle complex challenges in a fast-paced environment. This position also offers competitive compensation, including a salary range of $207,000 to $301,000 plus bonuses and equity.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing and launching software products.
• Experience building architecture in different modeling domains.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.
• Provide technical leadership on projects.
• Lead the design and implementation of recommendation systems.

Skills

Software development

Machine learning design

Generative AI integration

Recommendation systems

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Master’s degree or PhD

Job description

Minimum 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 building and deploying recommendation systems models (retrieval, prediction, ranking, embedding) in production and experience building architecture in different modeling domains.
• 5 years of experience with ML design and ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine tuning).
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or 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.

In this role, you will design and build the systems that personalize content for hundreds of millions of users. You will work with massive datasets and advanced machine learning models to improve how we rank and recommend articles, videos, and more. Your goal is to make the Discover feed more engaging, and useful for everyone.

In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $301000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.
• Provide technical leadership on projects. Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines. Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Lead the design and implementation of recommendation systems, optimize ML infrastructure, and guide the development of model architecture.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.