Google

Senior Staff Technical Lead, Google Ads Recommendations

Google$262K — $365K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in front-end frameworks, full-stack development, or API development.
  • 7 years of experience in system design or one programming language (Java, C++, Python, etc.).
  • 7 years in testing and launching software products, and 5 years in software design and architecture.
  • 5 years in a management role overseeing teams.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and mentor a team of Software Engineers and Technical Leads to enhance engineering culture.
  • Drive technical strategy and execution for Ads Diagnostics, Insights, and Recommendations to boost business performance.
  • Architect the evolution of the frontend serving stack towards a unified high-performance platform.
  • Oversee development of AI-driven capabilities leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs).
  • Maintain accountability for system health, latency, and performance within global services.

Benefits

  • Equity options in the company.
  • Access to comprehensive health and wellness programs.
  • Generous paid time off and holiday policies.
  • Professional development opportunities and resources.
  • Flexible work schedule and remote work options.
Full Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience with front-end frameworks, full-stack development, or API development.
  • 7 years of experience in either system design or in one programming language (Java, C , Python, etc.).
  • 7 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 5 years of experience with software design and architecture.
  • 5 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience building and scaling AI-driven product features using Large Language Models (LLMs) to create "agentic" experiences, such as conversational assistants or automated summary tools.
  • Experience with recommendation systems, Model Context Protocol (MCP) and AI Platform technologies.
  • Proven track record of leading large-scale architectural shifts, such as the unification of disparate frontend stacks or the migration of legacy server binaries into high-performance, low-latency platforms.
  • Ability to partner with Product Management (PM), UX, and Data Science leadership to translate advertiser needs into technical roadmaps that drive measurable business impact (e.g., incremental attributable business growth).


About the job
With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

As a part of the Accounts Payable (AP) Optimization Frontend team, you will be at the core of the Google Ads platform, serving as the interface for advertiser growth and troubleshooting. You will own the product experiences and serving infrastructure for three critical pillars: Recommendations, Insights, and Performance Diagnostics. Your work is a primary driver of advertiser success, contributing hundreds of dollars in incremental attributable business growth annually through automated optimization and transparency solutions.

You will empower advertisers to optimize their spend and achieve business goals by delivering personalized, contextualized, and automated insights, diagnostics, and recommendations through intuitive UI and agentic experiences that drive sustainable growth.Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We're made up of multiple teams, building Google's Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $262000 - $365000 (USD) 25% bonus target bonus equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Manage and mentor a team of Software Engineers and Technical Leads, fostering a culture of engineering excellence, product ownership, and continuous growth.
  • Drive the technical strategy and end-to-end execution for the Ads Diagnostics, Insights, and Recommendations pillars, delivering features that drive significant incremental business and improve advertiser trust.
  • Architect the long-term evolution of the frontend serving stack, transitioning from multiple isolated server binaries to a unified, scalable, and high-performance platform to unblock innovation and increase engineering velocity.
  • Oversee the development of next-generation AI-powered capabilities, including Ads Guide and Smart Summary, leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) to provide personalized, and actionable guidance to advertisers.
  • Maintain accountability for system health, latency, and performance metrics, ensuring that our high-scale frontend services meet the demands of the global Google Ads ecosystem.


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
NASDAQ

Similar Jobs

More Jobs at Google

More Information Technology Jobs

Find similar Senior Staff Technical Lead, Google Ads Recommendations jobs: