Staff Software Engineer, Generative AI, Search Developer Tools
Google · Mountain View, CA
About this role
Google is hiring a staff-level Software Engineer based in Mountain View, CA. The posting calls out experience with LLMs, Computer Vision, Data Structures, Machine Learning. Compensation is listed at $207,000–$300,000 per year.
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- staff
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
- Posted
- May 18, 2026
More roles at Google
Job description
from Google careersGoogle'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.
With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.
The Search AI Developer Platform team in Search Platforms is tasked with 10X'ing search developer velocity leveraging agentic development.
In this role, you will improve product velocity for AI Overviews and AI Mode, while at the same time reimagining every aspect of how developers land that impact.