Software Engineer, Machine Learning, Jigsaw

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 in testing, maintaining or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience building prototypes or applications using Generative AI models (e.g., using Gemini or other Large Language Models).

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with data structures/algorithms.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience working cross-functionally and collaboratively.
• Experience bringing ML systems to production.
• Experience with academic research in AI and machine learning.

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.

In this role, you will rapidly prototype and build AI proof-of-concepts that translate research into real-world capabilities, focusing on the 0-1 stage of innovation to address societal issues.

Jigsaw is an incubator within Google that builds technologies to give people greater agency in the world around them. Across the globe, we're more connected than ever before, to information and to each other, yet many of us feel disconnected from the decisions and systems that affect our lives. We believe that AI can bridge this divide between the desire to shape our world and the ability to do so.

Jigsaw offers mission-driven work within a nimble interdisciplinary team, connections to academia and civil society, and a quick path to taking technology public.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $166,000-$244,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Responsibilities

• Experiment with the latest LLM technology to enable better conversations.
• Innovate on early stage products that grow from prototypes to production.
• Navigate ambiguous problems by leading experiments and making clear recommendations.
• Own the end-to-end development of applied LLM products such as identify well suited use cases, create novel evaluation techniques, prompt or train models, guide data annotation, build serving and user experience layers.
• Work with collaborators at Jigsaw (Product, Research, Program Management, Marketing) as well on external partner teams to understand the problem space and optimal solutions.