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Posted 15 June, 2026
Google

Senior Staff Software Engineer, Search Discover Feed Recommendation Infrastructure

Google
Mountain View CA USA Full Time

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Go or Python.
  • 7 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
  • 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  • 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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

Search Discover's AI transformation aims to evolve the platform from a traditional recommendation feed into an intelligent, GenAI-powered engine that provides deep personalization for billions of users through innovations like natural language steering and AI-generated content like revolutionizing how users interact with and guide their feeds and transforming notification and feed with AI-powered high-quality, real-time and deeply integrated contents.

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: $262000 - $365000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architectural work required to bring GenAI capabilities to billions of users.
  • Drive initiatives to reduce serving latency and optimize infrastructure capacity, ensuring a seamless and efficient experience at scale.
  • Consolidate our efforts into a unified GenAI platform that supports both offline generation and real-time inference.
  • Identify optimization and simplification opportunities across multiple work streams with GenAI Infrastructure. Build prototype for proof of concept.
  • Coordinate development across teams and drive launches.
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