Senior Staff Software Engineer, Gemini Mobile App

Google DeepMind
Mountain View, California, United StatesFull-time$262,000–$364,000Posted Sep 14, 2026

About the role

Applicants in San Francisco: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA.Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

8 years of experience in software development.

5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.

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.

5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.

3 years of experience working in a structured organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.

Excellent leader and communicator, with demonstrated talent at building strong collaborative partnerships with great communication skills.

About The Job

Artificial intelligence will be one of humanity’s most transformative inventions. At Google DeepMind, we are a pioneering AI lab with exceptional interdisciplinary teams focused on advancing AI development to solve complex global challenges and accelerate high-quality product innovation for billions of users. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, ensuring safety and ethics are always our highest priority.

We are pushing the boundaries across multiple domains. Our global teams offer diverse learning opportunities and varied career pathways for those driven to achieve exceptional results through collective effort.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $262000 - $364000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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Deliver compelling new features for Gemini's applications efficiently, prioritizing both performance and seamless user experiences.

Drive collaboration with cross-functional teams (design, product, modeling specialists) to translate user needs into intuitive, valuable app features within the Gemini ecosystem.

Design and implement app functionality that is easy to scale. Enforce development best practices and optimization in the day to day work.

Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines. Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .

Responsibilities

  • Deliver compelling new features for Gemini's applications efficiently, prioritizing both performance and seamless user experiences.
  • Drive collaboration with cross-functional teams to translate user needs into intuitive, valuable app features within the Gemini ecosystem.
  • Design and implement app functionality that is easy to scale.
  • Enforce development best practices and optimization in the day to day work.
  • Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
  • Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development.
  • 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.
  • Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field is preferred.
  • 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms is preferred.
  • 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction is preferred.
  • 3 years of experience working in a structured organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects is preferred.
  • Excellent leader and communicator, with demonstrated talent at building strong collaborative partnerships.

Benefits

  • 25% bonus target
  • equity
  • comprehensive benefits package

Skills mentioned

Mobile DevelopmentAndroid DevelopmentSystem DesignSoftware TestingPerformance OptimizationDistributed SystemsDebuggingFrontend DevelopmentAPI IntegrationGit

About Google DeepMind

We’re a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts and more, working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical challenges, ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority. Our long term aim is to solve intelligence, developing more general and capable problem-solving systems, known as artificial general intelligence (AGI). Guided by safety and ethics, this invention could help society find answers to some of the world’s most pressing and fundamental scientific challenges. We have a track record of breakthroughs in fundamental AI research, published in journals like Nature, Science, and more.Our programs have learned to diagnose eye diseases as effectively as the world’s top doctors, to save 30% of the energy used to keep data centres cool, and to predict the complex 3D shapes of proteins - which could one day transform how drugs are invented.

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