Staff Software Engineer, Photos Create

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. This role may also be located in our Playa Vista, CA campus.

Applicants in the County of Los Angeles

Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development (e.g., Java, C++). with software design and architecture.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience building large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or networks.
• 5 years of experience leading technical strategy.
• Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
• Experience launching ML-enabled product features to consumers.

About the job

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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.

The Google Photos

Create team aims to empower our users with simple tools to express themselves creatively, bringing joy to you and those around you. We partner to transform your moments into whatever you want, however you want, whenever you want.

The team focuses on bringing Google’s cutting edge gen media technologies to Google Photos and delivering a delightful experience for Photos’ 1.5 billion users to create assets that are easily shareable and bring out the best in your content

Check out some of our recent launches that were featured in the Superbowl, Google I/O, and Made by Google: Create Tab (with I2V and Remix!), Conversational Editing, Video Remix, Face Touchups, and many more.

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

US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.Responsibilities

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• Move beyond high-level scoping to take personal ownership of complex, ambiguous problems, ensuring they are clarified and solved through technical leadership.
• Contribute to the codebase and system design, setting a high bar for technical excellence and scalable execution.
• Steer short and long-term investments to deliver at a rapid industry pace.
• Balance influence with taking initiative to prove out new Generative Media features and technology in our product.
• Work efficiently across teams and cross-functionally with PM and PgM.

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.