Software Engineer, Agentic AI Infrastructure

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
• 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
• Experience in C/C++ and Python programming.
• Experience with software engineering principles and software design.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
• Experience building or maintaining high-throughput services, or low-latency systems.

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 build the next-generation infrastructure that brings AI directly into our engineering workflows. You will develop systems that organize our deep domain knowledge, expose system capabilities as "skills" for Large Language Models (LLMs), and orchestrate autonomous agents to automate complex engineering tasks. If you are a hardcore systems engineer who loves building with modern AI tools and is deeply passionate about using generative AI to supercharge developer productivity, this is your chance to shape the future of engineering at Google scale.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $147,000-$211,000 + 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.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $147,000-$211,000 + 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.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
• Design, develop, and optimize the mission-critical, ultra-low-latency C++ back-end systems that power Google Ad Manager (GAM) and Real-Time Bidding (RTB).
• Build the platforms and frameworks that allow autonomous agents to safely interact with, analyze, and manage our core serving infrastructure and its complex engineering data.
• Transform deep system expertise and engineering artifacts into structured, AI-accessible knowledge bases and "skills" that empower agents to assist in complex engineering tasks.
• Create and deploy intelligent agents to automate critical workflows within our serving stack, ranging from code refactoring and performance analysis to managing project life-cycle.