Staff Software Engineer, Vertex AI Infrastructure Lead

Google; Town of Montana (WI); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Vertex Core Infra in Cloud AI. Sunnyvale, CA coordination with Vertex AI products requires deep cloud and infrastructure expertise, including securing multi-region systems and compliance.

You will influence senior stakeholders and own architectural outcomes. Ideal candidates have extensive experience with distributed systems, large-scale services, and AI infrastructure patterns, and will drive reliability and scalability across Google Cloud AI

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.
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or Large Language Model interfaces into workflows.
• Experience with Kubernetes, C++, and Go programming.
• Experience working with Apps Framework, Distributed Systems, Spanner, Google Cloud Platform, One Platform, and Compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead, design, and implement business-critical Infra for Vertex AI products.
• Solve complex backend system problems to address bottlenecks for system scalability and reliability.
• Drive implementation to meet security and compliance requirements to unblock customers in industries such as finance and healthcare.
• Work closely with other AI initiatives within Google, including Gemini serving, Partner MaaS, Agents.
• Build Vertex AI into the full lifecycle of customers' ML workflows and improve interoperability with multiple Vertex AI products and external services.
• Learn and apply emerging AI infrastructure patterns to build a foundation for Vertex AI.

Skills

Kubernetes

C++

Go

Distributed systems design

Data structures & algorithms

AI/LLM integration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree or PhD preferred

Tools

Spanner

GKE

Compute Engine

IAM

OnePlatform

Job description

Google is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for Vertex Core Infra in Cloud AI. Sunnyvale, CA coordination with Vertex AI products requires deep cloud and infrastructure expertise, including securing multi-region systems and compliance.

You will influence senior stakeholders and own architectural outcomes. Ideal candidates have extensive experience with distributed systems, large-scale services, and AI infrastructure patterns, and will drive reliability and scalability across Google Cloud AI