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Google
Full time
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USA
11/11/2026
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San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities

Define the long-term technical solution and lead architecture, development, and production deployment of scalable, low-latency, multi-turn agentic AI systems across XR devices paired with Android and iOS.
Drive the foundational evolution of the wearable AI and agentic technology stack.
Lead the architecture and optimization of on-device LLMs and multimodal models across Android and iOS.
Prototype and productionize multimodal AI, agentic reasoning, device-native tool use, and OS/app integrations for always-on streaming audio, video, and mobile context.
Serve as the principal technical point of contact across XR, Android, iOS, On-Device ML, and GDM teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
Eight years of experience in software development.
Experience integrating generative AI tools or LLM interfaces into workflows.
Five years of experience with software engineering and large-scale or mobile/embedded ML/AI system architecture and development using C++, Kotlin/Java, Swift/Objective-C, or Python.
Five years of experience with mobile and on-device ML runtimes and frameworks and hybrid on-device/cloud orchestration.
Preferred: master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
Preferred: experience leading model and agent hillclimbing, automated evaluation frameworks, autoraters, latency and power benchmarks, and end-to-end loss analysis pipelines.
Preferred: demonstrated technical leadership setting strategy, architecting foundational systems, and leading engineers or cross-functional teams through complex mobile AI, on-device ML, or agentic initiatives.

Benefits

US base pay is $207000 - $300000 USD, plus a 20% bonus target, equity, and benefits.
Benefits information is available through Google’s benefits program.

Salary: $207k - $300k/yr

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