Google

Staff Software Engineer, Network Health

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

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years in software development.
  • 5 years testing and launching software products; 3 years in software design and architecture.
  • 5 years in Speech/audio technology, reinforcement learning, ML infrastructure, or another ML specialty.
  • 5 years with ML design and infrastructure, including model deployment and fine-tuning.
  • Experience with integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Define long-term goals for AI/ML infrastructure repair automation across parallel programs.
  • Lead design of generative AI-based diagnostic systems for next-gen networks.
  • Collaborate with platform teams to integrate new hardware into automation workflows.
  • Oversee automated anomaly detection for critical safety initiatives.
  • Mentor junior and senior engineers to influence engineering practices and standards.

Benefits

  • 20% bonus target.
  • Equity benefits.
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 with one or more of the following: Speech/audio (e.g., technology duplicating and responding to the human voice), reinforcement learning (e.g., sequential decision making), ML infrastructure, or specialization in another ML field.
  • 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.
  • Experience with any of the following: SQL Pipelines, Plx Scripts, Generative AI Agents.
  • Track record of leading complex infrastructure projects.
  • Ability to influence technical direction across a partner teams (repair infrastructure, network, machines, all coexist together), and improve engineering practices.


Responsibilities
  • Define the long-term goal for repair automation of AI/ML infrastructure, focusing on achieving goals through multiple parallel programs.
  • Lead and participate in the design of agentic diagnostic systems that utilize Generative AI to automate diagnoses for next-gen networks.
  • Work with platform teams to integrate new hardware platforms into the automation ecosystem, driving the qualification and repair workflows required for global fleet turn-up.
  • Lead critical safety initiatives, such as automated anomaly detection, to protect fleet health and capacity.
  • Mentor a team of junior and executive engineers and influence engineering practices across the broader infrastructure organization to drive consistency in automation and safety standards.


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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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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Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
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$182.5 billion
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