Staff Software Engineer, Search Ads

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience with C++, Machine Learning, Data Analysis.
• Experience in Python programming.

Nice to haves:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures/algorithms.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
• Experience with Natural Language Processing.

What you'll be doing:

• Together with product management define the criteria for expanded user query and ad relations.
• Work with Google Research and Deep Mind to identify AI/ML innovations to model the expanded relations beyond semantics.
• Influence and shape the Expanded Match technology goal and plan and drive the implementation progress through fast exploration cycles.
• Lead model training, evaluation, and deployment - optionally leading a small group of junior Software Engineers (SWEs).
• Explore new architectures, and this will include augmenting existing training data, finding better evaluation methods and feedback signals, and identifying headroom opportunities.

Perks and benefits:

• Not specified