
Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI/ML, Google Workspace
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Google Workspace engineers build AI-powered productivity tools across Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Sheets, Vids, and Meet. This role leads technical strategy and large-scale machine learning infrastructure optimization, while designing and implementing solutions across specialized ML areas. The engineer provides technical leadership on high-impact projects and works with model builders and distributed engineering teams to shape future productivity tools used by billions of people.
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Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI/ML, Google Workspace
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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: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, 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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7 years of experience leading technical project strategy, ML design, and optimizing industry-scale end-to-end Machine Learning (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging).
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5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.
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5 years of experience with one or more of the following: Speech/audio (e.g., technology duplicating and responding to the human voice), reinforcement learning (e.g., sequential decision making), ML infrastructure, or specialization in another ML field.
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/algorithms.
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5 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 an organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
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.
AI will change the future of work in profound ways, and our products— Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Sheets, Vids and Meet are at the forefront. From pre-computed summaries for email threads, summaries for meetings, and videos created from a document using lifelike AI avatars, our AI opportunity is huge. Our mission is to meaningfully connect people so they can create, build, and grow together and as part of the team you can build how productivity tools should work 5-10 years into the future. You will work with model builders (Google DeepMind), work with exceptional leaders, and have the ability to impact billions of users across the world.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $262000 - $364000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .
Responsibilities
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Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions.
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Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects. Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
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Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines. Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
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Drive technical project strategy, lead large-scale ML infrastructure optimization, and oversee the design and implementation of solutions across multiple specialized ML areas.
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Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .
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How this job compares
Set against the 7,944 open Software Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$262–364K/yr
- California median$187–274K/yr1,221 salary ranges
- US median$147–245K/yr5,954 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $313K, is 37% above the California median midpoint ($228K) — in the top quarter of Software Engineering salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,670 open Software Engineering jobs in California and 7,944 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Software Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years at the median (6,138 postings).
- Education
- 2,188 of the 7,944 open Software Engineering jobs (28%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 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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