Senior Software Engineer, Search Live Quality

Google is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Search Live Quality team, focusing on voice-first conversational AI experiences. This role is part of Google's initiative to reimagine search through AI Mode, enabling multi-turn audio-forward interactions. The position combines software engineering expertise with machine learning, particularly in areas of speech technology and conversational AI.

The role involves working on Google's Search Live platform, which aims to deliver an intuitive, fluid conversational AI product with evidence-supported, factual answers. The successful candidate will contribute to modeling, prompt engineering, and implementing Trust and Safety protocols to ensure a safe user experience.

As part of Google's broader Search team, this position offers the opportunity to impact billions of users globally. The work encompasses complex engineering challenges, infrastructure expansion, and maintaining Google's universally accessible search experience. The role requires expertise in software development, ML infrastructure, and specialized areas such as speech/audio technology or reinforcement learning.

The ideal candidate should have strong software engineering fundamentals, experience with ML systems, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. They will be responsible for writing and testing code, participating in design reviews, contributing to documentation, and solving complex technical challenges in the intersection of search, voice technology, and artificial intelligence.