Staff Software Engineer - GenAI & Cloud AI Evaluation

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

Job summary

Google is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for its Cloud AI Quality Evaluation team in Sunnyvale, CA. You will lead evaluation frameworks for GenAI, collaborate across model and agent teams, and shape scalable infrastructure to measure model and agent quality.

The role emphasizes ML and GenAI expertise and cross-functional leadership. Responsibilities include architecting scalable evaluation tools, guiding developer experience, and engaging with customers to address usability gaps.

Qualifications

• 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 ML infrastructure (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).
• Preferred qualifications: Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with LLM evaluation, machine learning algorithms and tools, and general generative AI development.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
• Experience building and maintaining scalable production systems.
• Knowledge on enterprise control planes and security horizontals.

Responsibilities

• Operate as a technical expert and leader within the Cloud AI Quality Evaluation team.
• Drive high-quality, scalable evaluation frameworks and tools for GenAI developers and lead features to enable seamless developer experience in each stage of GenAI evaluation.
• Develop and implement strategies for evaluation solutions to measure model and agent quality performance at scale, design infrastructure and product features of the evaluation frameworks to evaluate advanced agent features.
• Collaborate with model and agent quality teams, develop scalable systems, and ensure our evaluation workflow is efficient and provides high quality user experience.
• Engage with customers, investigate and understand product usability gaps, customer pain points, and lead GenAI research.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field

Job description

Google is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for its Cloud AI Quality Evaluation team in Sunnyvale, CA. You will lead evaluation frameworks for GenAI, collaborate across model and agent teams, and shape scalable infrastructure to measure model and agent quality.

The role emphasizes ML and GenAI expertise and cross-functional leadership. Responsibilities include architecting scalable evaluation tools, guiding developer experience, and engaging with customers to address usability gaps.