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title: Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI/ML GenAI, Cloud AI
description: Google is hiring for the Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI/ML GenAI, Cloud AI
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| **Company** | [Google](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/google?utm_source=ai_markdown) |
| **Location** | Kirkland, WA |
| **Salary** | $262K/yr - $364K/yr |
| **Posted** | Sep 24, 2026 |
## Description

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 Cloud AI Research team addresses AI challenges motivated by Google Cloud’s mission of bringing AI to tech, healthcare, finance, retail and many other industries. We work on a range of unique problems focused on research topics that maximize scientific and real-world impact, aiming to push the state-of-the-art in AI and share findings with the broader research community. We also collaborate with product teams to bring innovations to real-world impact that benefits our customers.  

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

US: $262000 - $364000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits  

Learn more about [benefits at Google](https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/).

- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions.  
- Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects. Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.  
- Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines. Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.  
- Drive technical project strategy, lead large-scale ML infrastructure optimization, and oversee the design and implementation of state-of-the-art GenAI solutions.  

### Minimum qualifications:

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.  
- 8 years of experience in software development.  
- 7 years of experience leading technical project strategy, ML design, and optimizing industry-scale ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine tuning).  
- 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.  
- 2 years of experience with state of the art GenAI techniques (e.g., LLMs, Multi-Modal, Large Vision Models) or with GenAI-related concepts (language modeling, computer vision).

### Preferred qualifications:

- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.  
- 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
- 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.  
- 3 years of experience working in an organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.  
- 8 years of experience in software development.  
- 7 years of experience leading technical project strategy, ML design, and optimizing industry-scale ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine tuning).  
- 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.  
- 2 years of experience with state of the art GenAI techniques (e.g., LLMs, Multi-Modal, Large Vision Models) or with GenAI-related concepts (language modeling, computer vision).
## Skills

- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
- Debugging
- Technical Leadership
- Deployment Strategy
- Technical Direction
- Machine Learning Model Fine-Tuning
- Algorithms
- Model Evaluation (Machine Learning)
- Software Development
- Computer Vision
- Generative AI
- Large Language Models (Llm)
- Computer Science
- Data Structures
- Machine Learning Model Deployment
- Machine Learning
- Data Processing

## How to Apply

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