Staff Software Engineer, Google Ads, Full Stack

Google LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 20%

Equity

Benefits package

Job summary

Google is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Google Ads, Full Stack, based in New York. You will lead a cross-functional frontend/backend team, shaping the architecture of complex advertising platforms and workflows, and collaborating with product, UX, and research teams to deliver scalable, high-quality software.

The role emphasizes leadership, system design, and the ability to drive initiatives across multiple teams in a high-velocity environment, with a focus on AI-enabled ad technology

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coach a team of 6–10 software engineers across levels. Foster a collaborative culture and actively guide career growth, design leadership, and engineering craft.
• Lead full-stack system design from databases to agentic workflows. Review designs and code, advocating for sustainable patterns that reduce technical debt.
• Partner closely with Product Management and UX bringing strong product intuition to translate business goals into well-scoped, prioritized engineering roadmaps.
• Serve as a primary technical connector across other Ad Manager engineering, AdSense, AdMob, and other partner teams.
• Balance rapid feature delivery with platform reliability, while empowering the team to build and leverage generative AI and agentic capabilities.

Skills

Software development

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Staff Software Engineer, Google Ads, Full Stack

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• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• People management experience in a technical environment.
• Experience managing front-end engineering teams or driving front-end technical strategy.

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.

The Google Ad Manager keeps the open web thriving by providing the industry-leading platform publishers rely on to monetize content. We power high-stakes direct reservations and real-time programmatic auctions globally. As a major driver of Google's revenue, Ad Manager processes massive transaction volumes annually. The Frontend team builds the full-stack product (schema, APIs, web UI, and offline pipelines) used daily by publishers. We are actively integrating LLM and generative AI capabilities directly into these workflows, making this an ideal role to drive massive, real-world AI impact.

Google Ads is at the forefront of AI innovation, applying cutting-edge machine learning and Generative AI models like Gemini to power a multi-billion dollar global business.

Our work directly impacts billions of users by protecting users from harm, improving ad quality, and optimizing campaigns for advertiser return-on-investment. We foster a culture of deep collaboration, partnering closely with teams like Google Research and DeepMind to solve complex challenges. Join us to work on state-of-the-art AI, take on problems at an unparalleled scale, and build the next generation of advertising technology.

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

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.

The Google Ad Manager keeps the open web thriving by providing the industry-leading platform publishers rely on to monetize content. We power high-stakes direct reservations and real-time programmatic auctions globally. As a major driver of Google's revenue, Ad Manager processes massive transaction volumes annually. The Frontend team builds the full-stack product (schema, APIs, web UI, and offline pipelines) used daily by publishers. We are actively integrating LLM and generative AI capabilities directly into these workflows, making this an ideal role to drive massive, real-world AI impact.

Google Ads is at the forefront of AI innovation, applying cutting-edge machine learning and Generative AI models like Gemini to power a multi-billion dollar global business.

Our work directly impacts billions of users by protecting users from harm, improving ad quality, and optimizing campaigns for advertiser return-on-investment. We foster a culture of deep collaboration, partnering closely with teams like Google Research and DeepMind to solve complex challenges. Join us to work on state-of-the-art AI, take on problems at an unparalleled scale, and build the next generation of advertising technology.

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

Learn more about benefits at Google .

• Manage and coach a team of 6–10 software engineers across levels. Foster a collaborative culture and actively guide career growth, design leadership, and engineering craft.
• Lead full-stack system design from databases to agentic workflows. Review designs and code, advocating for sustainable patterns that reduce technical debt.
• Partner closely with Product Management and UX bringing strong product intuition to translate business goals into well-scoped, prioritized engineering roadmaps.
• Serve as a primary technical connector across other Ad Manager engineering, AdSense, AdMob, and other partner teams.
• Balance rapid feature delivery with platform reliability, while empowering the team to build and leverage generative AI and agentic capabilities.

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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