Staff Software Engineer Knowledge Catalog Search Discovery

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off 20 days per year

Sick time 40 hours/year (Seattle 69)

Job summary

Google Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Knowledge Catalog Search and Discovery to own end-to-end ML lifecycle for search relevance, develop advanced information retrieval techniques, and improve core search metrics.

You will collaborate with catalog engineers to integrate models into high-throughput pipelines, ensuring sub-100ms response times. Responsibilities include designing scalable software, leading high-impact projects, and guiding distributed teams.

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 with one or more ML areas: Speech/audio, reinforcement learning, ML infrastructure, or related ML field.
• 5 years of experience with ML design and ML infrastructure (model deployment, evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine tuning).
• Experience with modern ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, or JAX).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.
• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects and manage priorities.
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Lead design and implementation of ML solutions, optimize ML infrastructure, and guide data processing strategies.

Skills

Software development

Software testing

ML design

ML infrastructure

Speech/audio

Reinforcement learning

ML frameworks

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, CS, or related field

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

JAX

Job description

Google Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Knowledge Catalog Search and Discovery to own end-to-end ML lifecycle for search relevance, develop advanced information retrieval techniques, and improve core search metrics.

You will collaborate with catalog engineers to integrate models into high-throughput pipelines, ensuring sub-100ms response times. Responsibilities include designing scalable software, leading high-impact projects, and guiding distributed teams.