Staff Software Engineer, Vector Search, Vertex AI

Google Cloud's ML, Systems, & Cloud AI (MSCA) organization designs, implements, and manages hardware, software, machine learning, and systems infrastructure for Google services and Google Cloud, including Vertex AI, the leading AI platform for enterprise customers.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience building and developing infrastructure, distributed systems, networks, compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
• 5 years of experience testing and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 3 years of experience in a complex, matrixed organization including technical leadership and setting technical direction.
• 3 years of experience with GenAI techniques (e.g., LLMs, Multi-Modal, Large Vision Models) or GenAI-related concepts (e.g., language modeling, computer vision).

• Own the technical goal and architecture of the Vector Search Serving infrastructure and drive decisions to manage massive datasets and query volumes with low latency.
• Contribute to critical code paths, conduct high-quality code reviews, and author technical design documents.
• Advocate for reliability and service health by overseeing incident management processes and ensuring effective resolution and systemic improvements.
• Act as the bridge between technology and users by understanding customer use cases and evolving infrastructure accordingly.

Google is an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer 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. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.