About the position
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. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in advancing the AI computing capabilities of the Web Platform. Chrome has billions of users and in this role, you will contribute to expanding the reach and improving the performance of on-device AI to all these users. You will work on AI advancements, collaborating with many cross-functional partners and experts to deliver solutions. With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions. Chrome is dedicated to building a better, more open web. We're focused on making a better browser (on both desktop and mobile) to help users take advantage of all the web has to offer in a safe and secure way. Chrome is available across all major platforms — iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome OS. We also built Chrome as an open source project so the entire web ecosystem could benefit from the latest innovations in speed, simplicity and security.
Responsibilities
- Work with C++ language in our Chrome and Chromium codebase.
- Improve the on-device performance of Gemini Nano.
- Develop new debugging tools in DevTools to support the Built-In AI APIs.
- Develop new Built-In AI JavaScript APIs and write the API specifications.
- Tune Large Language Model (LLM) to improve model performance.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
- 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
- 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
- 3 years of experience with machine learning infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.
Nice-to-haves
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
- 5 years of experience with data structures/algorithms.
- 5 years of experience developing in C++.
- Experience in ML performance, large-scale systems data analysis, ML debugging, or LLMs.
- Experience in running AI Inference on-device.
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