Staff AI Engineer, Multimodal Agentic AI for Glasses

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture, strategy, and execution of multimodal agentic AI solutions for smart glasses. Drive end-to-end quality and technical direction for conversational AI initiatives from research to production.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of software development experience with significant expertise in machine learning and technical leadership. Preferred candidates hold a master's or PhD and have experience with multimodal machine learning and large-scale infrastructure.

Skills

• Machine Learning
• Generative AI
• Multimodal AI
• Software Development
• System Architecture
• Technical Leadership
• Data Structures
• Algorithms
• Conversational AI
• Agentic Workflows
• Model Deployment
• Model Evaluation
• Data Processing
• Fine Tuning
• Distributed Computing
• Natural Language Processing

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Health Insurance

About this role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.

* 8 years of experience in software development.

* 7 years of experience leading technical project strategy, ML design and
optimizing end-to-end Machine Learning (e.g., model deployment, model
evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine tuning).
* 5 years of experience with one or more of the following: Speech/audio (e.g.,
technology duplicating and responding to the human voice), reinforcement
learning (e.g., sequential decision making), ML infrastructure, or
specialization in another ML field.

* 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching
software products.

* Experience with Generative AI.

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 Multimodal Machine Learning.
* Experience with large-scale infrastructure.

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.

Our team is at the forefront of building the next generation of conversational
AI. We are developing multimodal, agentic AI solutions for smart glasses to
create a unique, proactive, and trusted multimodal experience. This technology
delivers instant, natural conversational intelligence directly to the user's eye
and ear, allowing them to navigate and interact with their physical world more
immersively than ever.

As a Staff AI Engineer, you will serve as a primary technical leader driving the
architecture, strategy, and execution of groundbreaking multimodal agentic AI
solutions for smart glasses. You will define the technical direction and lead
cross-organizational efforts to architect and ship trusted, real-time
conversational experiences that seamlessly blend voice, streaming vision, and
physical-world context.
For decades, the computing revolution has reshaped our world driven by
breakthroughs in compute, connectivity, mobile, and now, AI. Google's XR
team is at the forefront of the next major leap – the convergence of AI and XR.
This is more than just new devices – it's about reimagining how we interact with
the world around us. We're building a future where
lightweight XR devices like smart glasses and headsets pair with helpful AI to
augment human intelligence, offering personalized, conversational, and
contextually aware experiences.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
[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Lead our most complex, ambiguous, and high-impact AI initiatives, taking
foundational capabilities from early research and architectural definition
through flagship production launches. 
* Own the multi-quarter technical strategy, system architecture, and end-to-end
quality across multiple core pillars, driving model and agent quality
improvement through data strategy, evaluation frameworks, system prompting,
skill and tool use, Agent harness, and model post-training to deliver an
instant, natural, and immersive experience for users at scale.
* Architect and scale multi-turn, goal-oriented agentic workflows for
real-world task assistance, featuring fact-grounded sourcing, plan
decomposition, persistent context tracking, and multi-session continuity.
* Define and execute the end-to-end strategy for data curation, automated
evaluation, system prompting, agent configuration, and post-training of
Gemini models across critical smart glasses use cases—including real-time
visual grounding, spatial and contextual state reasoning, and proactive
multimodal interaction.

About Google

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