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Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI, Office of CTO

Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI, Office of CTO

1 Month ago • 15 Years + • Artificial Intelligence

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Job Description

The Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI, in Google Cloud's Office of the CTO (OCTO) will partner with engineering and product teams to identify and test strategic AI opportunities. The role involves charting future states of Google Cloud products, advising strategic customers on cloud and AI adoption, and inspiring others through shared experiences in advanced technology development. This position offers a unique opportunity for self-directed work, leveraging years of experience to build and scale projects on a flexible timeline. Responsibilities include identifying horizontal opportunities for differentiation, collaborating with technical teams to bring future states to life, and creating pathways between Google Engineering and strategic customers to convert market opportunities into new businesses. A minimum of 15 years of experience in software, hardware, or infrastructure engineering with a focus on technical innovation and leadership is required. Expertise in AI is preferred.

Must have:

15+ years software/hardware/infrastructure engineering experience
Technical innovation and leadership focus
Partner with engineering and product teams
Advise strategic customers on cloud and AI
Bachelor's degree in technical field or equivalent

Good to have:

Expertise in AI
Experience building AI products/platforms

Perks:

Bonus
Equity
Benefits

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Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience
15 years of work experience in software, hardware, or infrastructure engineering, with a focus on technical innovation and engineering leadership

Preferred qualifications:

Expertise in the field of AI, with examples of products, platforms, or experiences built with AI at its core

About the job

The Office of the CTO (OCTO) in Google Cloud has leveraged this insight, combined with the direct sponsorship of the Cloud CTO and CEO, to help our strategic customers transform their organizations using small, adaptable teams and methods, while concurrently supporting our internal collaborators as they take these early technology proof points and build them into scaled products and platforms.

This role is unusual in the following ways: the magnitude of engineering and technology talent, from a wide variety of backgrounds and specialities, concentrated in a small organization; the alignment of incentives and governance for our unique mission enables our team to do their deep work, which often takes years to realize, without the short-term pressure of backlog or quota; and support for the individual ideas, passions, and projects that might not be the highest priority elsewhere. In OCTO, most of what you work on is determined by you. This creates a great opportunity to leverage your years of experience to build and scale on a path and timeline that is largely self-directed.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $253,000-$363,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about .

Responsibilities

Partner with our engineering and product teams to identify and test strategic, horizontal opportunities for differentiation across roadmaps.
Identify future state of Google Cloud products and partner closely with technical teams to chart how we’d bring those future states to life.
Help our most strategic customers and partners work through the complexity of adopting cloud and AI technologies through expert advice.
Inspire others to work through difficult and disruptive endeavors through sharing experiences, successes, failures and the human side of advanced technology development and adoption.
Create and reinforce the human pathways between Google Engineering and our strategic customers and partners, allowing all of us to start from loosely defined, potentially transformative market opportunities and convert into new, technology-enabled businesses.

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$253.0K - $363.0K/yr (Outscal est.)

$308.0K/yr avg.

Worldwide

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