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Staff ML Software Engineer, Search Ecosystem

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Mountain View, CAJob$207–300K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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

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Job overview

Google’s Search Ecosystem team builds scalable platforms to identify knowledge gaps in AI models, source high-quality content, and train models to verify improvements. The Staff ML Software Engineer will build robust systems and platforms for responsible, secure content acquisition and work on infrastructure supporting AI products. The role focuses on evaluating AI components and data, improving system performance, shaping technical strategy, and delivering LLM-based infrastructure from ideation through production.

Skills & qualifications

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Skills

Software DevelopmentSoftware TestingSoftware LaunchSoftware DesignSoftware ArchitectureML SystemsML InfrastructureGenerative AI IntegrationLLM Interface IntegrationData ProcessingHadoopSparkBeamHiveETLELTCDCMapReduceFlumeTechnical LeadershipProject Team LeadershipTechnical DirectionCross-Functional CollaborationFull-Stack DevelopmentDistributed InfrastructureJavaPythonC++AI Architecture

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Practical Experience8 Years Software Development5 Years Testing and Launching Software Products3 Years Software Design and Architecture5 Years Building ML Systems and InfrastructureMaster's in Engineering, CS, or Related FieldPhD in Engineering, CS, or Related Field3 Years Technical Leadership3 Years Complex Matrixed Organization ExperienceEnglish Proficiency

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Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

  • 8 years of experience in software development, including 5 years of experience testing and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

  • 5 years of experience in building ML systems and infrastructure (e.g., for model training, evaluation, deployment, serving).

  • Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.

  • Experience in data processing software (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Beam, Hive), strategies (e.g., ETL, ELT, CDC) or algorithms (e.g., MapReduce, Flume).

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.

  • 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional or cross-business projects.

  • Experience in full-stack development, building back-end distributed infrastructure, and programming in Java, Python, or C++.

  • Experience integrating generative AI tools and understanding of AI architecture.

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 Search Ecosystem team builds a sustainable content ecosystem for Google products. We develop scalable platforms to address Google's content requirements by systematically identifying knowledge gaps in our AI models, sourcing high-quality content to fill them, and then training the models to verify performance improvements. This is a high-impact, high-visibility growth area within Search Ecosystems.

This is an opportunity to work on a business-critical product that is redefining the boundaries of artificial intelligence. We are a fast-moving, growing organization working on highly impactful projects. In this role, you will help build robust systems and scalable platforms that power content acquisition to train AI models in a responsible and secure manner.

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: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement frameworks and methodologies for evaluating the quality and effectiveness of AI system components and data.

  • Analyze evaluation results to drive improvements in system performance and underlying value models.

  • Play a key role in building and articulating the high-level technical strategy for your area of ownership.

  • Leverage knowledge of LLMs to design, build, and maintain specialized infrastructure on top of LLMs

  • Drive technical projects from ideation through to production, working effectively in an ambiguous and fast-paced environment.

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How this job compares

Set against the 6,153 open Machine Learning Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$207–300K/yr
  • California median$176–261K/yr1,361 salary ranges
  • US median$148–245K/yr4,910 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $254K, is 15% above the California median midpoint ($220K) — in the middle half of Machine Learning Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,835 open Machine Learning Engineer jobs in California and 6,153 across the US. 8% 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 Machine Learning Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 4,893 postings).
Education
2,302 of the 6,153 open Machine Learning Engineer jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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