Machine Learning Staff Software Engineer, Search Personalization
GoogleMachine Learning Staff Software Engineer, Search Personalization
GoogleLocation
Mountain View, CA
Type
Full-time
Posted
10/27/2026
Compensation
$207,000 - $300,000 per year
Job description
The Machine Learning Staff Software Engineer for Search Personalization at Google will focus on developing personalized user models to enhance user experience across Google Search. This role is part of the Discover Personalization team, which aims to connect users with relevant information by leveraging advanced machine learning techniques. The engineer will tackle complex challenges in machine learning and quality, contributing to the optimization of retrieval and ranking systems. This position requires a blend of technical expertise and leadership to drive projects from design to implementation.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development.
- 5 years of experience building and deploying recommendation systems models in production.
- 5 years of experience with ML design and ML infrastructure.
- 5 years of experience testing and launching software products.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement personalized user models to optimize for user happiness.
- Build user and content clustering models to enable core personalization and ranking use cases.
- Enhance model performance and personalization precision through advanced modeling techniques.
- Scale the model's applications to various modalities and use cases.
- Create next-generation real-time ML models that capture new user interests and trends.
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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