Senior Staff Software Engineer, Google Ads

3 Months ago • 8-13 Years • Research & Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Google Ads is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions. This role requires 8+ years of software development experience with data structures/algorithms and 5+ years in design, architecture, and product testing/launch. Responsibilities include providing technical leadership, managing project priorities, facilitating team alignment, influencing and coaching engineers, and driving technical project strategy. The ideal candidate will possess strong experience with Machine Learning (ML) infrastructure and GenAI solutions. The role involves working on projects critical to Google's needs within Google Ads, contributing to products like search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics, all while connecting people and businesses with effective advertising tools.
Must have:
  • 8+ years software development experience
  • Data structures/algorithms expertise
  • 5+ years design, architecture, testing/launch
  • Technical leadership and project management
  • ML infrastructure and GenAI experience
Good to have:
  • Master's or PhD in related field
  • 5+ years technical leadership
  • 3+ years in matrixed organization
  • Cross-functional project experience

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.
  • 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  • 3 years of experience in a matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.

About the job

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.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership on projects. Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
  • Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines. Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
  • Drive technical project strategy, lead Machine Learning (ML) infrastructure and oversee the design and implementation of state-of-the-art GenAI solutions.

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