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# Staff Software Engineer, AI/ML, AI Data Platform

- **Company:** Google LLC
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $207,000.0 - $300,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, BigQuery, Bioinformatics, Data Infrastructure, Distributed Data Store, Distributed Systems, Design of User Interfaces, Push Technology, Information Retrieval, Natural Language Processing, Software Architecture, Security Information and Event Management, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Systems Architecture, Data Processing, Data Storage Technologies, Generative AI, Data Lakes, AI Platforms, Information Technology, Search Engines
- **Published:** September 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3379548201&tx=KP7575FFQ&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain., * Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

 * 8 years of experience in software development.
 * 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
 * 5 years of experience designing, leading, and scaling large-scale software architectures, distributed systems, or high-throughput data processing platforms.
 * Experience working with AI platforms or generative AI technologies (including generative AI agents)., * 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 building large-scale distributed systems processing data at scale.
 * Experience working in the Enterprise Security space, specifically, building SIEM products.

## Description

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., * Develop an understanding of our schema-on-read pipelines, in-line streaming enrichment, and search indexing architectures. Design, lead, build, and launch critical cloud lakehouse solutions from the ground up, managing safe rollouts across our global customer base.

 * Reimagine our data storage tiers, indexing mechanisms, and enrichment capabilities by partnering across engineering and product to enhance core BigQuery and open-table lakehouse services that process exabytes of security telemetry.
 * Identify and implement architecture improvements that make our platform simpler, more robust, and horizontally scalable to unleash the full potential of customers' data for fast SQL analytics, anomaly detection, and AI-driven security workloads.
 * Leverage your expertise in SIEM, security data lakes, or large-scale distributed data products to address customer pain points, propose innovative architectures, and deliver high-impact projects while working closely with product and users to incorporate feedback.
 * Manage project priorities for yourself and collaborative workstreams. Meet deadlines and deliverables with your technical expertise, proactively identifying risks and communicating schedule adjustments.

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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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