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# Principal Engineer, Agentic Platforms, Ads

- **Company:** Google LLC
- **Location:** Mountain View, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $307,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Google AdWords, Artificial Intelligence, Build Management, Information Technology
- **Published:** September 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/2882B2F737014C77956A1170D7ED4ED6/job/

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or other relevant engineering discipline or equivalent practical experience.
 * 15 years of professional experience in engineering., * Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering.
 * Experience providing technical leadership across a larger organization, including motivating others at all levels by creating a shared sense of vision and purpose.
 * Knowledge of Google Ads products, the ecosystems our products and users exist in, and our competitors and their products.
 * Ability to balance detailed, technical guidance with "big picture" strategy.
 * Thought leadership to identify and design problems commensurate with PE scope and difficulty and a desire to solve hard engineering problems.
 * A demonstrated track record of technical innovation within large, complex, and cross-functional engineering environments.

## Description

* Design and build the foundational DevAI infrastructure for Ads, ensuring extensibility, applicability, and maximum ROI across all business verticals and functions.
 * Provide technical leadership and uber-TL oversight for cross-cutting Ads Internal AI projects, including marquee agents, AI-friendly infrastructure, and strategic DevAI big bets.
 * Drive the transition toward AI-forward architecture and self-managing codebases by enabling agentic evaluation-driven development, skills, and context integration.
 * Lead the technical strategy and development for the DevAI platform and custom agents.
 * Collaborate with uber-TLs across Ads PAGs, Core, and GDM to influence roadmaps, technical direction, and Google's broader Buying platforms and Ads vision.


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