About the role

What will you do at Google?

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

* 8 years of experience in machine learning architecture.

* Experience with graph storage and knowledge base systems.

* Experience with data pipeline infrastructure and quality.

* Experience leading engineering velocity and experimentation.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

* Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related

technical field.

* 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.

* 5 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 knowledge engineering.

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.

The Shopping Graph is Google's dataset of commercial information powering

shopping experiences across Search, Gemini, YouTube, and Ads.

Its key subset, the Shopping Product Graph, models billions of products, their

attributes, and their relationships using data from web crawls and merchant or

manufacturer catalogs.

Our team builds this model by discovering, creating, and linking entities. We

enrich products with attributes, map merchant listings, and define relationships

between products, offers, and brands. Using ML/AI for large-scale data

clustering and Large Language Models (LLMs) for feature extraction, we ensure

high accuracy. This product understanding powers core features across Google,

from generating product responses in Search to improving Ads quality and

enabling product tagging for YouTube creators.

People shop on Google more than a billion times a day - and the Commerce team is

responsible for building the experiences that serve these users. The mission for

Google Commerce is to be an essential part of the shopping journey for consumers

- from inspiration to to a simple and secure checkout experience - and the best

place for retailers/merchants to connect with consumers. We support and partner

with the commerce ecosystem, from large retailers to small local merchants, to

give them the tools, technology and scale to thrive in today’s digital world.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills,

experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $262000 - $364000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Set the technical outlook and design the data infrastructure to support the

necessary scale, resilience, and rich feature set that clients depend on.

Write robust code to solve ambiguous, large-scale problems.

* Enable fast iterations on product graph quality through data-driven

decision-making supported by experiments and evaluations.

* Collaborate closely with cross-product area partners to leverage their

expertise and infrastructure, translating techniques into tangible,

real-world product impact.

* Work with other engineering leads, Product Managers, and executives to

identify areas for further improvement in the broader shopping graph,

ensuring all relevant domains align seamlessly.

* Guide and mentor executive developers and technical leads, elevating the

overall technical competency of the organization.

Which skills does this role require?

Machine learning architectureGraph storageKnowledge base systemsData pipeline infrastructureEngineering velocityLarge-scale system designLarge Language ModelsData clusteringMachine LearningData InfrastructureShopping Product GraphGraph StorageKnowledge BaseData PipelineEngineering VelocityData ClusteringCommerceProduct GraphSoftware EngineeringLLMsA/B Testing

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