Senior Software Engineer, Labs

Google
New York, New York, United StatesFull-time$174,000–$252,000Posted Sep 2, 2026

About the role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming

languages.

  • 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 Backend, artificial intelligence, Generative AI

Agent.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
  • 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
  • Experience developing accessible technologies.

ABOUT THE JOB:

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change

how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one

another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend

well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from

all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale

system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence,

natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is

growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project

critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as

you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be

versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new

problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and

deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance

software solutions.

Labs is a group focused on incubating early-stage efforts in support of Google’s

mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible

and useful. Our team exists to help discover and create new ways to advance our

core products through exploration and the application of new technologies. We

work to build new solutions that have the potential to transform how users

interact with Google. Our goal is to drive innovation by developing new Google

products and capabilities that deliver significant impact over longer

timeframes.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

Learn more about benefits at Google

[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Partner with Product Manager (PM) and UX to navigate rapidly evolving

requirements translating ambiguous product goals into concrete, well-scoped

engineering plans

  • Own end-to-end delivery of new capabilities, and infrastructure improvements.
  • Make high volume and high quality code and design contributions.
  • Provide technical leadership, and raise the technical bar across the team.
  • Collaborate closely with other Flow engineering teams across model and media

serving, web frontend, mobile, etc.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Product Manager (PM) and UX to navigate rapidly evolving requirements translating ambiguous product goals into concrete, well-scoped engineering plans
  • Own end-to-end delivery of new capabilities, and infrastructure improvements
  • Make high volume and high quality code and design contributions
  • Provide technical leadership, and raise the technical bar across the team
  • Collaborate closely with other Flow engineering teams across model and media serving, web frontend, mobile, etc.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products
  • 1 year of experience with software design and architecture
  • 2 years of experience with Backend, artificial intelligence, Generative AI Agent
  • Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field (preferred)
  • 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms (preferred)
  • 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role (preferred)

Benefits

  • 15% bonus target
  • equity
  • benefits

Skills mentioned

Backend DevelopmentGenerative AIAI AgentsSystem DesignDistributed SystemsSoftware TestingWeb AccessibilityFrontend DevelopmentMobile DevelopmentModel Serving

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