Senior Staff Software Engineer, Cloud AI, Agent Governance
GoogleSenior Staff Software Engineer, Cloud AI, Agent Governance
GoogleLocation
Sunnyvale, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
9/2/2026
Compensation
$262,000 - $364,000 per year
Job description
The Senior Staff Software Engineer role at Google focuses on Cloud AI and Agent Governance, requiring expertise in software development and machine learning infrastructure. The position involves leading engineering efforts to create scalable and secure environments for enterprise customers. The engineer will work closely with product teams to enhance governance user experiences for IT teams and auditors. This role is crucial for advancing Google's AI platform and ensuring compliance and security in agent deployments.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development.
- 7 years of experience leading technical project strategy, ML design, and optimizing industry-scale ML infrastructure.
- 5 years of experience with design and architecture, and testing, launching software products.
- 2 years of experience with GenAI techniques or related concepts.
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and operate large-scale environments for testing complex agent behaviors.
- Deliver reproducible evaluation infrastructure and automated test harnesses for enterprise compliance.
- Design and scale platform infrastructure for validating agentic systems and auditing behaviors.
- Build metrics engines and dashboards to track evaluation coverage and quality metrics.
- Integrate evaluation runs into deployment pipelines to prevent regressions before production.
Benefits
- Employees at Google are often offered benefits like comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) matching, and flexible work arrangements, among other benefits.
H-1B filing history
Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026
Filing entity: Google Llc
As of Aug 23, 2026
Initial approvals
908
FY2026
Approval rate
98.4%
FY2026
LCA certified
4,273
FY2026
Entry-level share
0.6%
FY2026
Initial approvals YoY
-14%
Trend
LCA certified YoY
-51%
Trend
Initial approvals by fiscal year
Approval rate by fiscal year
Continuing vs initial approvals
LCA certified positions by quarter
LCA certified positions by fiscal year
Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.
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