Staff Software Engineer, Platforms and Devices

Google • Boulder, CO

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About The Position

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 Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience with full stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, Golang, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience in Machine Learning or Artificial Intelligence.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with machine learning or algorithm development related to dynamic systems.
• Experience programming in one of the following: Python, C++, Java/Kotlin, Golang.

Responsibilities

• Build autonomous agents into development workflows and platforms.
• Evaluate AI models by designing and utilizing custom evaluation sets focused on quality, coherence, and safety assessment.
• Design, build, and maintain backend services, APIs and UI to support these agents.
• Work with bleeding edge technology that changes rapidly and evolves constantly.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level