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Staff Software Engineer, AI Incubation and Rapid Infrastructure Automation

Google
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Sunnyvale, CA, USA$207k - $300kFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

AI-first software engineering role focused on solving customer issues with Agentic AI and Spec Driven Development, within Google's AI and Infrastructure group. Involves working in customers’ environments, architectural decision making, mentoring, and cross-team collaboration in a fast-paced, high-impact setting.

Responsibilities

  • Work as an Artificial Intelligence-First Software Engineer who engages directly in the customers' environment to understand and solve their issues.
  • Use Agentic AI and Spec Driven Development to develop products and solutions with an AI-First mindset.
  • Participate actively in architectural and design decisions, exercising sound technical judgment to ensure solution delivery in the fastest possible time.
  • Mentor and coach junior engineers and interns, contributing to a collaborative team culture. Manage individual project priorities and tasks effectively, ensuring timely delivery in a dynamic environment.
  • Communicate and collaborate effectively within a geographically distributed team structure.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience programming in C++.
  • 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
  • 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
  • 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (preferred).
  • 8 years of experience in professional software development (preferred).
  • Experience with backend distributed systems, databases, and full-stack development (preferred).
  • Experience in Spec Driven Development using Agentic AI (preferred).
  • Proficiency in programming languages such as C++ and Golang and experience in testing and launching distributed systems, storage, and related software products (preferred).
  • Strong communication skills and experience collaborating with technical stakeholders (preferred).

Skills

Required:C++
Nice to have:GolangDistributed systems / large-scale infrastructureSpec Driven DevelopmentArchitectural and design decisionsMentoring / leadership
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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