Job Description

Google is seeking experienced software engineers to join the Recommendations Machine Learning (RecML) team, focusing on developing innovative solutions for recommendations and user modeling. The role involves optimizing model performance, driving architectural improvements, and collaborating with product leadership to enhance user engagement and business metrics.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development.
5 years of experience testing and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
5 years of experience with ML design (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine-tuning).
Experience with Transformer-based models (e.g., BERT, T5, GPT, ViT), with a focus on attention mechanisms and architecture variations.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the applied research roadmap for the Large User Model ecosystem.
Support initiatives with product leadership to translate complex business goals into technical model formulations.
Optimize model performance by researching and implementing adaptation techniques.
Drive architectural improvements by establishing a strategic feedback loop with pre-training teams.
Design and productionize fine-tuning pipelines that translate general-purpose state-of-the-art Foundation User Models into effective, domain-specific recommendation engines.

Benefits

Employees at Google are often offered benefits like comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) matching, and flexible work arrangements, among other benefits.