Google

Staff Software Engineer, Discover Ranking

Google$207K — $301K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development.
  • 5 years of experience testing and launching software products, including 3 years in software design and architecture.
  • 5 years of experience building and deploying recommendation systems models in production.
  • 5 years of experience with ML design, infrastructure, and debugging.
  • Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership on projects and manage project priorities and deadlines.
  • Facilitate alignment across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines, influencing and coaching engineers.
  • Lead the design and implementation of recommendation systems and optimize ML infrastructure.
  • Guide the development of model architecture.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision.
  • 401(k) plan with company matching.
  • Generous paid time off policy for work-life balance.
  • Access to professional development and learning resources.
  • Flexible work arrangements and remote work opportunities.
Full Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development.
  • 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
  • 5 years of experience building and deploying recommendation systems models (retrieval, prediction, ranking, embedding) in production and experience building architecture in different modeling domains.
  • 5 years of experience with ML design and ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine tuning).
  • Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  • 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.


About the job

In this role, you will design and build the systems that personalize content for hundreds of millions of users. You will work with massive datasets and advanced machine learning models to improve how we rank and recommend articles, videos, and more. Your goal is to make the Discover feed more engaging, and useful for everyone.
In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information - any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $301000 (USD) 20% bonus target equity benefits

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Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.
  • Provide technical leadership on projects. Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
  • Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines. Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
  • Lead the design and implementation of recommendation systems, optimize ML infrastructure, and guide the development of model architecture.


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.
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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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