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Staff Software Engineer, Emerging On-Prem AI Infrastructure

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Compensation
$207–300K/yr
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Google is building next-generation on-premises AI infrastructure for frontier model and AI solution builders. The engineer will develop integrated systems spanning hardware, software design, workload management, and large-scale training and inference workloads, while optimizing performance. The role focuses on creating a new product in a changing environment and includes setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and delivering infrastructure features across Google teams.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

C++ ProgrammingSoftware TestingSoftware Product LaunchLarge-Scale InfrastructureDistributed SystemsNetworksCompute TechnologiesStorageHardware ArchitectureSoftware DesignSoftware ArchitectureTechnical LeadershipProject Team LeadershipTechnical DirectionDeep System SkillsLarge-Scale Fleet OperationsLow-Level System SoftwareOperating SystemsFirmwareLow-Level NetworkingEnglish Proficiency

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Practical Experience8 Years C++ Experience5 Years Testing and Launching Software Products5 Years Infrastructure or Systems Experience3 Years Software Design and Architecture ExperienceMaster's or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or Related Field3 Years Technical Leadership Experience

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

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 8 years of experience programming in C++.

  • 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.

  • 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.

  • 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.

  • Experience with or passion for building deep system skills.

  • Experience with large-scale fleet operations.

  • Understanding of low level system software, OS, firmware, low level networking, or hardware.

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.

Google is looking to build the next generation of on prem AI infrastructure to bring the best of Google to empower Frontier model and AI solution builders to advance the AI around the world. We're looking for engineers with exposure to fully integrated AI infrastructure systems, from hardware to software design and workload management, to developing large-scale training and inference workloads, and optimizing performance

In this role, you will be building the AI infrastructure for the future, so if you are interested in building a brand new product in a changing environment, rather than just evolving an existing one, this may be the role you are looking for.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

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

  • Drive project success by setting the technical goal and roadmap.

  • Mentor software engineers on the team will be a top priority of this role.

  • Deliver features in a changing environment working with other product areas/teams in Google. Scoping bold ambiguous problems into tractable projects and delivering results incrementally is a key responsibility.

  • Design and lead development of test infrastructure. Ensure central responsibility is taken for diagnostics and troubleshooting of end-to-end supportability issues, to uncover and address complex technical problems, and the building of solutions including tools and repair automation systems.

  • Implement and drive continuous improvement via success metrics for the team, spanning release quality metrics and customers facing operations.

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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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Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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How this job compares

Set against the 34,885 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$207–300K/yr
  • California median$165–246K/yr7,408 salary ranges
  • US median$140–222K/yr28,048 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $254K, is 24% above the California median midpoint ($205K) — in the top quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 9,190 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 34,885 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
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 28,135 postings).
Education
12,578 of the 34,885 open Software Engineer jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 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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