
Staff Software Engineer, AI/ML, ML Infrastructure, Search Ads
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Job overview
Google seeks a Staff Software Engineer to build and improve machine learning infrastructure for Google Ads. The role focuses on training and serving systems, large-scale AI/ML workloads, and emerging GenAI techniques. The engineer will collaborate with modeling teams and partners, make technology trade-offs, and improve infrastructure robustness, reliability, and usability. The position offers a choice of Mountain View, California, or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the preferred work location.
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Staff Software Engineer, AI/ML, ML Infrastructure, Search Ads
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XIn most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; Pittsburgh, PA, USA .
Minimum qualifications:
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Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
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8 years of experience in software development.
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5 years of experience leading ML design and optimizing end-to-end Machine Learning (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging).
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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).
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Experience building and architecting ML systems and infrastructure (e.g., for model training, evaluation, deployment, serving).
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Experience designing and operating distributed computing systems for large-scale AI/ML workloads.
Preferred qualifications:
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Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
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8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
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3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
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3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
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Experience in Machine Learning modeling, specifically with Large Language Models (LLMs).
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Experience in distributed Machine Learning system design.
About the job
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.
With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.
Google Ads is at the forefront of AI innovation, applying cutting-edge machine learning and Generative AI models like Gemini to power a multi-billion dollar global business.
Our work directly impacts billions of users by protecting users from harm, improving ad quality, and optimizing campaigns for advertiser return-on-investment. We foster a culture of deep collaboration, partnering closely with teams like Google Research and DeepMind to solve complex challenges. Join us to work on state-of-the-art AI, take on problems at an unparalleled scale, and build the next generation of advertising technology.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .
Responsibilities
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Research emerging technology and make trade-off decisions between immediate wins and long-term stability.
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Modify training and serving infrastructure to support new modeling techniques and products.
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Collaborate closely with team members and partners to build systems that integrate seamlessly across the ecosystem.
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Improve robustness, reliability, and usability of machine learning infrastructure.
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Engage with modeling teams to explore pain points and identify novel use cases.
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How this job compares
Set against the 39,789 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$207–300K/yr
- Pennsylvania median$110–205K/yr563 salary ranges
- US median$133–215K/yr31,848 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $254K, is 61% above the Pennsylvania median midpoint ($158K) — in the top quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in Pennsylvania.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 817 open Software Engineer jobs in Pennsylvania and 39,789 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Deloitte75 open
- Oracle63 open
- Carnegie Mellon University51 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 32,746 postings).
- Education
- 12,439 of the 39,789 open Software Engineer jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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