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Senior Software Engineer, Search, QSpam

Google

Location

Mountain View, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

10/15/2026

Compensation

$174,000 - $252,000 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202698.4% approval-14% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

The Senior Software Engineer position on the QSpam team at Google focuses on maintaining the integrity and reliability of Google Search by detecting and filtering spammy traffic. This role involves developing large-scale systems and algorithms that utilize AI and machine learning techniques. The team is dedicated to ensuring high-quality user session data for various Google products. Engineers in this role will have the opportunity to work on complex engineering challenges that impact billions of users globally.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
  • 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
  • 3 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or networks.
  • 2 years of experience with large-scale data processing, algorithms, and statistics.
  • Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Utilize AI tools and technologies and discuss knowledge of AI tools during the hiring process.
  • Write and test product or system development code.
  • Drive the design, development, and maintenance of large-scale systems and algorithms for identifying and filtering spam.
  • Contribute to existing documentation or educational content based on product updates and user feedback.
  • Triage product or system issues and debug by analyzing the sources of issues.
  • Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices.

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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