Staff Software Engineer, Incubation and Prototyping
Company: Google
Location: New York, NY
Salary: $207,000 - $300,000 a year
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-09-29
About this role
In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.
### Minimum qualifications:
- 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.
- 5 years of experience in applying AI solutions and ML-related technologies in consumer or enterprise applications.
- Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.
### 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.
- Experience navigating ambiguous problem spaces and delivering technical prototypes or proofs-of-concept.
- Experience integrating the latest artificial intelligence capabilities and vibe coding tools into engineering practices.
- Experience working at the intersection of technology and social systems, such as governance, health, or economic insecurity.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical complexity into compelling narratives for non-technical stakeholders.
## 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 s...