Distinguished Engineer, DevAI Foundations and Applications

Google is seeking a Distinguished Engineer to lead their DevAI Foundations and Applications team, a crucial initiative that has driven significant coding velocity improvements through AI integration. This senior technical role will shape the future of AI-assisted software development at Google scale.

The position requires a seasoned technical leader with deep expertise in machine learning, particularly in GenAI applications for software development. You'll be responsible for defining technical roadmaps, improving AI quality outcomes, and driving adoption of cutting-edge AI capabilities across Google's engineering organization.

As part of the Core Developer team, you'll work on supporting Google's Developer Languages, Frameworks, and services that enable Google's Developer Lifecycle. The role involves close collaboration with Google DeepMind and Google Cloud organizations, focusing on training and fine-tuning Gemini models, deploying them via Google's commercial AI platforms, and creating new AI-native experiences.

The ideal candidate brings 15+ years of software engineering experience, strong academic credentials in Computer Science or related fields, and demonstrated expertise in machine learning infrastructure and applications. You'll need to excel at cross-organizational collaboration and have the technical depth to solve complex problems at Google's scale.

This is a unique opportunity to shape how AI transforms software development at one of the world's leading technology companies. The role offers competitive compensation ($349,000-$485,000 base salary plus bonus, equity, and benefits) and the chance to work from several major tech hubs including Sunnyvale, Mountain View, or New York.

The position combines technical leadership, strategic vision, and hands-on engineering work to advance Google's AI capabilities while ensuring appropriate safety guardrails and measurement frameworks. You'll be at the forefront of bringing Agentic AI to software development, working with cutting-edge technology and some of the industry's best minds in AI and engineering.