Staff Software Engineer, Local Ads Data Platform

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

Job summary

Google is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for the Search Local Ads Data Platform in Mountain View, CA. The role focuses on owning outcomes, solving ambiguous problems, and guiding cross-functional teams in building scalable data infrastructure and serving systems.

Expect leadership in design, testing, and deployment with heavy AI-enabled workflows. The team covers data platform components spanning indexing, serving, and analytics for location-based ads across Google Ads networks.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions.
• Design, architect, and develop the next generation serving infrastructure for loading and indexing information in Ads.
• Leverage AI to generate new additional content for our local businesses and determine which ad should serve.
• Work on projects spanning a range of technical domains including feature engineering, backend pipelines, low latency infrastructure, advertiser reporting, and production stability.

Skills

Ownership

Decision making

Ambiguity solving

Stakeholder influence

Domain expertise

Software development

Testing & launching software

Software design & architecture

AI integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering/CS

Job description

Google is hiring a Staff Software Engineer for the Search Local Ads Data Platform in Mountain View, CA. The role focuses on owning outcomes, solving ambiguous problems, and guiding cross-functional teams in building scalable data infrastructure and serving systems.

Expect leadership in design, testing, and deployment with heavy AI-enabled workflows. The team covers data platform components spanning indexing, serving, and analytics for location-based ads across Google Ads networks.