Staff Software Engineer, Search Evals

Technology, Data & Digital · Software & Web Development · Software Engineering · Data Science

In short

Google suchen einen Staff Software Engineer mit tiefgreifender Expertise in KI/ML-Evaluierungsframeworks und der Entwicklung großer verteilter Systeme für das Suchteam in Bengaluru. Die Rolle beinhaltet die technische Führung und die Gestaltung der Kernarchitektur von Such-KI-Entwicklertools, mit dem Ziel, die Entwicklungsgeschwindigkeit durch KI-native Praktiken zu erhöhen.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and evolve the core architecture of Search's AI Developer Tools Platform across evaluation infrastructure and high-fidelity queryset pipelines.
Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
Lead initiatives to architect and integrate autonomous agentic workflows into the Search software and prompt development lifecycle, demonstrating and advocating for AI-native engineering practices.
Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
Drive cross-team technical strategy as a thought leader—collaborating with the wider team and partners to align platform evolution with Search's broader AI architecture.
Own critical platform areas end-to-end, ensuring they deliver the scalability, reliability, statistical excellence, and low latency required to support 10x AI-driven development velocity across Search.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development.
5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems, with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance, and reliability.
Experience designing and scaling large-scale distributed systems, data/ML pipelines, or developer platforms in C++, Python, Java, or Kotlin.
Experience with AI/ML evaluation frameworks, LLM/agentic orchestration, autoraters, prompt optimization, or large-scale experimentation infrastructure.

Desired 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 containerization and orchestration frameworks (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
AI fluency and experience building or leveraging generative AI/agentic tools to accelerate software engineering workflows.
Ability to articulate, influence, and drive multi-quarter architectural changes across multiple engineering teams, research partners, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Benefits

Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc.
GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement.
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.

Skills

C++PythonJavaKotlinKubernetesDocker

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