Google

Senior Software Engineer, Semantic Understanding, Search Ads Personalization

Google$174K — $252K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of programming experience in Python or C.
  • 3 years in testing, maintaining, or launching software products, plus 1 year in software design and architecture.
  • 2 years of experience with ML infrastructure such as model deployment and evaluation.
  • 2 years of experience with Large Language Models, Multi-Modal, or Large Vision Modeling.

Responsibilities

  • Write and test product or system development code.
  • Participate in design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide on technologies.
  • Review code from other developers and provide best practice feedback.
  • Contribute to documentation and educational materials based on updates and feedback.
  • Build real-time infrastructure and representations of user viewed content.

Benefits

  • Generous bonus structure at a target of 15%.
  • Equity opportunities within the company.
  • Comprehensive benefits package including health and wellness programs.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and resources for personal development.
  • Culture fostering deep collaboration with innovative partners like Google Research and DeepMind.
Full Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience programming in Python or C .
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
  • 2 years of experience with ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging).
  • 2 years of experience with Large Language Model (LLMs), Multi-Modal, or Large Vision Modeling.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  • 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
  • 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
  • Experience developing and optimizing machine learning algorithms for personalization, ranking, and content recommendation.


About the job
Semantic understanding is the ability to comprehend the actual meaning, intent, and context of words, symbols, or language rather than just recognizing individual keywords or surface-level grammar. Our personalization models are only as good as our understanding of the content users interacted with.

In this role, you will focus on end-to-end enriching personalization stack with real-time understanding of user interactions with content pieces (for eg. what was the content of the page or video? How can we instantaneously bring in rich information as features for our personalization models to adapt to the user's emergent interests?).

Your responsibilities will include collaborating across modeling and infrastructure teams across Ads, to build real-time infrastructure and representations of user viewed content, as the primary growth driver of our impact and accuracy.Google Ads is at the forefront of AI innovation, applying cutting-edge machine learning and Generative AI models like Gemini to power a multi-billion dollar global business.

Our work directly impacts billions of users by protecting users from harm, improving ad quality, and optimizing campaigns for advertiser return-on-investment. We foster a culture of deep collaboration, partnering closely with teams like Google Research and DeepMind to solve complex challenges. Join us to work on state-of-the-art AI, take on problems at an unparalleled scale, and build the next generation of advertising technology.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits

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Responsibilities
  • Write and test product or system development code.
  • Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
  • Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
  • Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
  • Build real-time infrastructure and representations of user viewed content.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
Learn more about Google
Size
156,500 employees
Market Cap
$1,115.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+23.3%
Revenue
$182.5 billion
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