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About This Role
The application window will be open until at least January 21, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Mountain View, CA, USA; Boulder, CO, USA.
### Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience with software development in TypeScript and Kotlin.
- 3 years of experience designing, building, testing, maintaining, and launching scalable front-end applications.
### Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Experience with WebGL or similar web-based 3D graphics APIs (e.g., OpenGL ES).
- Experience programming for 2D graphics.
- Experience with front-end core technologies such as React.
About the job
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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. Google Beam is a true-to-life new communication technology from Google that allows people to feel like they’re having real face-to-face conversations, no matter the distance. Powered by realistic state-of-the-art 3D imaging and spatial audio and integrated with today’s leading remote video platforms, Google Beam enables you to be immersed in the moment, together. As a part of the Google Beam team, you'll work with incredible teammates across all major functions in a fast-paced product-oriented environment. Your contributions will have an impact on the future of communications with Google products. You will apply technology to solve that really important problem that we often want to be together and we can’t.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $166,000-$244,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
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- Design, build, and maintain scalable and reliable front-end and back-end services using Angular, React, and Kotlin to power the Mixboard multi-modal canvas.
- Collaborate closely with research teams to apply Large Language Model and multi-modal techniques, transforming experimental AI solutions into production-ready product features.
- Lead the design and implementation of agentic applications and advanced AI prompting strategies that intuitively understand user intent to perform creative tasks.
- Manage high-performance data storage and retrieval through spanner integration and take ownership of deploying, monitoring, and maintaining services in production.
- Partner with front-end engineers and cross-Product Area teams to define seamless APIs and iterate quickly on "zero-to-one" projects within the Google Labs incubator.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
Salary Context
This $166K-$244K range is above the 75th percentile for LLM Engineer roles in our dataset (median: $181K across 95 roles with salary data).
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