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Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure, Core

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Austin, TXJob$174–252K/yrPosted 3w agoStill listed today

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Compensation
$174–252K/yr
Location
Austin, TX
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Google’s Core team builds foundational technologies and infrastructure supporting its flagship products. This software engineer will develop AI infrastructure, including multi-agent workflows, model-serving pipelines, and evaluation and observability frameworks. The role focuses on high-throughput, reliable systems and safe execution of generative AI applications, with work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs.

Skills & qualifications

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Skills

Java (Programming Language)Software DevelopmentSoftware TestingSoftware DesignMachine LearningArtificial IntelligenceSoftware ArchitectureGenerative AILarge Language ModelsMultimodal AILarge Vision ModelsLanguage ModelingComputer VisionMachine Learning InfrastructureAI AlgorithmsTechnical Leadership

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Practical Experience5 Years Java Development Experience3 Years Software Product Experience1 Year Software Design and Architecture Experience1 Year GenAI ExperienceMaster's or PhD in Computer Science or Related Field1 Year Machine Learning, Generative AI and AI Algorithms Experience1 Year Technical Leadership Experience

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info_outline 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: Austin, TX, USA; New York, NY, USA.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 5 years of experience with software development in Java.

  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

  • 1 year of experience with GenAI techniques (e.g., LLMs, Multi-Modal, Large Vision Models) or with GenAI-related concepts (language modeling, computer vision).

  • Experience in machine learning infrastructure.

Preferred qualifications:

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

  • 1 year experience in machine learning, generative AI and AI algorithms.

  • 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.

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. The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google. Responsibilities

  • Design, write, and deploy production-grade code for multi-agent workflows, tool-use orchestration engines, and dynamic decision-making pipelines.
  • Deploy AI frameworks and tools, to enable velocity in product development and scalability of agentic applications that require high-precision and safe execution under complex real-world conditions.
  • Build robust, high-throughput model serving pipelines and real-time execution environments optimized for latency, reliability, and scale.
  • Integrate continuous, data-driven feedback loops into AI development methodologies. Construct automated testing, continuous evaluation, and observability frameworks to assess agent coverage, monitor regressions, and safeguard product quality across end-to-end workflows.
  • Adopt and integrate distributed tracing, data lineage architectures, and telemetry (e.g., OpenTelemetry) into high-volume generative AI data pipelines.

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How this job compares

Set against the 40,832 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$174–252K/yr
  • Texas median$122–200K/yr1,320 salary ranges
  • US median$135–218K/yr32,472 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $213K, is 33% above the Texas median midpoint ($160K) — in the top quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in Texas.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 2,277 open Software Engineer jobs in Texas and 40,832 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (33,318 postings).
Education
14,022 of the 40,832 open Software Engineer jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 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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