staff Software Engineer tech_leadership · Posted May 13, 2026
$207,000 – $300,000
USD per year

About this role

Google is hiring a staff-level Software Engineer based in Mountain View, CA. The posting calls out experience with LLMs, System Design, Machine Learning, Microservices. 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 13, 2026

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Job description

from Google careers

Google’s YouTube Ads Creative team is embarking on a multi-year journey to redefine the global landscape of video advertising. Driven by our mission to deliver the right message to the right viewer at the right moment, we are leveraging Generative AI to build intelligent, automated systems that pioneer high-fidelity, at-scale video creative creation.

We are seeking a senior tech lead to drive the strategy, architecture, and delivery of our new agentic video creation application. In this role, you will bridge the gap between frontier AI capabilities and massive business impact, identify and infuse deep domain insights, and drive the technology evolution to power both co-pilot and auto-pilot creative experiences.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

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