The Senior Software Engineer role focuses on AI and machine learning within the Geo and Gemini App teams at Google. This position involves developing backend infrastructure components and enhancing user-facing features through advanced model evaluation and optimization. The Geo team is dedicated to creating accurate and comprehensive mapping solutions that serve over a billion users monthly. Engineers in this role will work collaboratively across various teams to translate user needs into valuable features.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience developing C++ backend infrastructure components within distributed systems.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
• 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI concepts.
• Experience with model quality optimization using methods such as loss analysis or quality hillclimbing.

• Build context engineering pipelines, agentic workflows with tool usage, and robust evaluation frameworks.
• Analyze model behavior, creating high-quality evaluation datasets to identify weaknesses and guide performance improvements.
• Enhance serving and evaluation infrastructure to power new user-facing features.
• Act as a technical bridge between engineering, product, UX, and research teams to translate user needs into valuable features.
• Analyze user metrics and model outputs to enhance personalization and overall system helpfulness.

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