Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML, Search Discover Personalization

Job description

Minimum qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in Python.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• 3 years of experience with ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, optimization, data processing, debugging).
• 3 years of experience developing and optimizing deep learning algorithms and architectures.
• 3 years of experience with one or more of the following: reinforcement learning (e.g., sequential decision making), recommendations/ranking, LLMs, ML infrastructure, or specialization in another ML field.
Preferred qualifications:
• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 3 years of experience with machine learning algorithms and tools (e.g. JAX, TensorFlow, deep learning, natural language processing, LLM based applications, LLM finetuning, etc.).
• Experience with user understanding and personalization and a passion for diving deep into recommender systems.
• High level of mathematical aptitude, demonstrated problem-solving skills, and proven logical, analytical, and investigative thinking.
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.
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: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google .
Responsibilities
• Innovate on the methodology of understanding user's interests. Develop and apply state of the art techniques for content retrieval.
• Collaborate with partners and teammates to understand the user problems and opportunities for applying personalization.
• Work with the large-scale user data to generate desired training data in a reliable and scalable manner. Implement and experiment with different state of art ML algorithms and model architectures, including but not limited to LLM, deep learning, distillation, etc.
• Iterate on the model quality via evals, demos and LEs to realize positive product impacts. Leverage the user understanding model to retrieve content across content formats (articles, posts, videos, AI generated content, etc.).
• Integrate models/components with Discover stack to ensure system efficiency and effectiveness. Take full ownership of projects, including ideation, implementation, analysis, and maintenance.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .