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Machine Learning Staff Software Engineer, Search Personalization

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What you’ll work on

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  • Design and implement personalized user models for retrieval and ranking

  • Build user and content clustering models for personalization use cases

  • Improve model precision and recall with transformers, distillation and multi-task learning

  • Scale models across content, queries, videos and notifications

  • Create realtime ML models that capture new user interests in seconds

From the employer’s posting
Design and implement personalized user models to optimize for user happiness
Build user and content clustering models to enable core personalization and ranking use cases.
Enhance model performance and personalization precision/recall through advanced modeling techniques such as transformers, distillation, reward shaping, multi-task learning, neural bandits
Scale the model's applications to a multitude of modalities (content, queries, videos and notifications)
Create next-generation realtime ML models that can capture new user interests and world trends in seconds

What you’ll bring

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Core experience

  • 8+ years of software development experience
  • 5+ years building and deploying recommendation systems models in production
  • 5+ years of ML design and ML infrastructure experience
  • 5+ years testing and launching software products, 3+ years software design and architecture
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
Qualification wording
8 years of experience in software development.
5 years of experience building and deploying recommendation systems models (retrieval, prediction, ranking, embedding) in production
5 years of experience with ML design and ML infrastructure
5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
Education & alternatives
**Minimum qualifications:** + Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. + 8 years of experience in software development.
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How this job compares

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$207K–$300K against $166K–$240K, the middle half of what similar US postings state.

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Time since we first saw it

Day 11

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Google is hiring

233 open jobs

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  • 7% of open jobs were reposted
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+ Experience in recommender systems, clustering algorithms, SQL, deep model. + Experience in C++, Dremel/F1 and TensorFlow. + Experience working with research.
+ 6 years of ML or Quality experience working on recommendation systems. + Experience in recommender systems, clustering algorithms, SQL, deep model. + Experience in C++, Dremel/F1 and TensorFlow.

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Demand for ML Engineer roles

New ML Engineer postings at the employers we follow are up 13% over the last 6 weeks compared with the 6 before.

Weekly new ML Engineer postings at the same employers, from the week of August 17 to the week of November 2. The fewest in a week was 617, the most 1,122, and the latest week had 1,122.
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About the role

We file this job under ML Engineer, by the work the posting describes.

ML engineers put machine learning models into products. They write the code that trains, ships, serves and monitors models so a recommendation or prediction works for real users.

Postings ask for strong Python and software engineering, a framework such as PyTorch, cloud services, and more and more often experience with large language models.

A data scientist often works out which model to build; an ML engineer makes it run reliably in production.

US government figures for computer and information research scientists

Median yearly pay, May 2025
$140,300
Expected change, 2025 to 2035
21.8% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs

The government has no code for ML engineers, so these figures are for the closest group, computer and information research scientists.

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1221.

Job description

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Machine Learning Staff Software Engineer, Search Personalization Share Machine Learning Staff Software Engineer, Search Personalization _corporate_fare_ Google _place_ Mountain View, CA, USA **Advanced** Experience owning outcomes and decision making, solving ambiguous problems and influencing stakeholders; deep expertise in domain. Share Machine Learning Staff Software Engineer, Search Personalization _info_outline_ XIn 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 building and deploying recommendation systems models (retrieval, prediction, ranking, embedding) in production and experience building architecture in different modeling domains. + 5 years of experience with ML design and ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine tuning). + 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products, and 3 years of experience with software design and architecture. **Preferred qualifications:** + 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms. + 6 years of ML or Quality experience working on recommendation systems. + Experience in recommender systems, clustering algorithms, SQL, deep model. + Experience in C++, Dremel/F1 and TensorFlow. + Experience working with research. + Ability to drive quality projects end-to-end from design to implementation to eventual launch. **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. With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions. As a part of the Discover Personalization team, you will help people feel positively connected and informed about the world around them by delivering the pulse of the Internet that matters to you, within Google Search. You will contribute to the key product's appeal, which lies in having an understanding of users and will be laser focused on building foundational user models for users using all of their interactions across Google products, and leveraging them to power Discover’s retrieval and ranking. You will manage some of the toughest ML and Quality problems, including Neural Deep Retrieval, Activity Clustering, Reinforcement Learning and Multi-Objective Ranking. In Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally. 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 aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) . **Responsibilities** + Design and implement personalized user models to optimize for user happiness, including Neural Deep Retrieval Models, Deep Neural Network Ranking/Scoring models, User/Content Clustering Models, Large Language Models (LLM)-based Retrieval Augmented Generation Models, and more. + Build user and content clustering models to enable core personalization and ranking use cases. + Enhance model performance and personalization precision/recall through advanced modeling techniques such as transformers, distillation, reward shaping, multi-task learning, neural bandits, etc. and capabilities through feature engineering, automatic parameter tuning, label quality engineering, etc. + Scale the model's applications to a multitude of modalities (content, queries, videos and notifications) and use cases (retrieval, ranking, content generation, diversification, etc.). + Create next-generation realtime ML models that can capture new user interests and world trends in seconds and scale model training and serving to billions of users. Information collected and processed as part of your Google Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Google'sApplicant and Candidate Privacy Policy (./privacy-policy) . Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) . If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form (https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2) . Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting. To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees, or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is your sole contractual partner with respect to equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right. 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. 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