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Software Engineer III, Search, AI/ML

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Cambridge, MAJob$147–210K/yrPosted 3 days agoStill listed 2 days ago

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Compensation
$147–210K/yr
Location
Cambridge, MA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Google’s Search team is hiring a software engineer to develop and maintain software supporting Search security and large-scale systems. The role involves designing and implementing software across the development lifecycle, contributing to technical design and code reviews, and collaborating with engineers and stakeholders to deliver project milestones. Candidates should be prepared to discuss their knowledge and use of AI tools during the hiring process.

Skills & qualifications

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Skills

C++ (Programming Language)Software DevelopmentSystems DesignSoftware ArchitectureSQL (Programming Language)Information PrivacyData SecurityTroubleshooting (Problem Solving)Artificial IntelligenceDistributed SystemsSystem DesignSoftware ImplementationData PrivacyData ProtectionSecure Data HandlingPolicy ComplianceRegulatory FrameworksGovernanceDatabase QueryingData ExtractionData AnalysisLog AnalysisSystem MonitoringTechnical Troubleshooting

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Practical Experience2 Years Software Development ExperienceMaster's or PhD in Computer Science or Related Technical FieldsEnglish Proficiency

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info_outline XIn most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 2 years of experience with software development in C++.

  • Experience in designing, building, or operating large-scale distributed systems.

  • Experience in software architecture, system design, and full-cycle software implementations.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.

  • Experience in data privacy, data protection, or secure data handling practices.

  • Experience in policy compliance, regulatory frameworks, or governance.'

  • Experience in database querying, data extraction, and analysis using SQL.

  • Experience in log analysis, system monitoring, and technical troubleshooting in large-scale or distributed environments.

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.In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google. Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and maintain robust, well-tested software across the entire development lifecycle to mitigate a full range of external and internal access-related security risks within Search.
  • Contribute to the codebase by authoring technical design documents, participating in code reviews, and driving debugging and testing efforts to ensure high system reliability.
  • Translate the team's high-level goals into actionable tasks, and align your daily work with quarterly objective and key results (OKRs) to deliver on project milestones alongside peer engineers, T/PgMs, and other stakeholders.
  • Foster a collaborative, and safe environment by communicating effectively and supporting your peers, while bringing the AI fluency expected to your daily engineering workflows.
  • Be prepared to discuss the knowledge and use of AI tools during the hiring process with fluency in AI.

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How this job compares

Set against the 41,998 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 8, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$147–210K/yr
  • Massachusetts median$140–210K/yr1,002 salary ranges
  • US median$135–219K/yr33,401 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $179K, is 4% above the Massachusetts median midpoint ($172K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in Massachusetts.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,166 open Software Engineer jobs in Massachusetts and 41,998 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Massachusetts
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 34,471 postings).
Education
13,247 of the 41,998 open Software Engineer jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 8, 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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