Staff Software Engineer, Large Language Models

Note : By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following : Sunnyvale, CA, USA;

Austin, TX, USA; Cambridge, MA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York, NY, USA . Minimum qualifications :

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• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures / algorithms.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• 5 years of experience with machine learning algorithms and tools, or applied ML (e.g., NLP, Generative AI).

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 with RAG, dual encoders, or related fields.
• Experience with JAX.

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.

We’re a team in Core Machine Learning focused on helping to bring large language model technologies to production across numerous Google product areas.

Our goal is to provide a path to accelerate NLP research to production. Our applied ML offerings empower a wide range of Google products.

We land large language models and techniques with significant quality, performance, and productivity.

In this role, you will have opportunities to work on the latest large language model technologies, and collaborate closely with teams in Google DeepMind, Research, Search, Bard, Cloud AI, Workspace, YouTube, and more to deliver large generative language models to our products.

Google Cloud accelerates organizations’ ability to digitally transform their business with the best infrastructure, platform, industry solutions and expertise.

We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology all on the cleanest cloud in the industry.

Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $185,000-$283,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location.

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Responsibilities

• Collaborate on modeling techniques to support the full spectrum of LLM tuning including prompt engineering, instruction tuning, Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF), parameter-efficient tuning, and fine-tuning.
• Collaborate with stakeholders of LLMs and scope new research and product engagement opportunities.
• Bring state-of-the-art generative AI systems to Google and improve LLM efficiency.
• Lead multiple applied research projects that involve a broad set of stakeholders.
• Stay up to date on new research and chart the path forward to quality-driven production.

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.

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