Software Engineer, Generative AI for Image/Video, 3D/4D

Google

New York, New York, United StatesFull-time$174,000–$252,000Posted Oct 20, 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.

  • 3 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.

  • 3 years of experience with end-to-end Machine Learning (e.g., model

deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging).

  • Experience with Generative AI.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

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

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.

Our team works on aspects of generative AI in the pixel space (images, videos),

3D/4D and generally agentic visual expression, working closely with Platforms

and Devices (P&D) product teams and GDM research teams.

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:

  • Build leading-edge emerging AI capabilities and technologies partnering with

research teams across Google to develop novel user experiences.

  • Help improve Google's Gemini models: Data processing, fine-tuning,

evaluation, safety and security.

  • Help build features that lean on these capabilities to meet the users where

they are.

  • Cultivate and collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities

  • Develop emerging AI capabilities and technologies with research teams to create novel user experiences.
  • Improve Gemini models through data processing, fine-tuning, evaluation, safety, and security work.
  • Build user-facing features that use generative AI capabilities.
  • Cultivate a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5 years of software development experience in one or more programming languages.
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products and 1 year of software design and architecture experience.
  • 3 years of experience in speech/audio, reinforcement learning, ML infrastructure, or another ML specialization.
  • 3 years of end-to-end machine learning experience, including model deployment, evaluation, data processing, or debugging.
  • Experience with Generative AI.
  • Preferred: Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
  • Preferred: 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.

Benefits

  • 15% target bonus
  • Equity
  • Benefits

Skills mentioned

PythonSystem DesignSoftware TestingMachine LearningDeep LearningGenerative AIFine-TuningModel EvaluationModel DeploymentData Engineering

About Google

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