Senior Software Engineer, Generative Audio Research

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures/algorithms.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience with audio or speech generative modeling, using auto-regressive models, diffusion models, or transformer-based architectures.

Preferred qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related technical field.
  
• Experience in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) conferences on audio/speech processing. (e.g., ICML, ICLR, NeurIPS, ICASSP and Interspeech).
• Experience with mainstream ML training frameworks such as TensorFlow, JAX, and PyTorch.
  
• Experience in ML based speech codec, source separation, audio enhancement research and development.
  

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.

The Google Pixel team focuses on designing and delivering the world's most helpful mobile experience. The team works on shaping the future of Pixel devices and services through some of the most advanced designs, techniques, products, and experiences in consumer electronics. This includes bringing together the best of Google’s artificial intelligence, software, and hardware to build global smartphones and create transformative experiences for users across the world.

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.

Responsibilities:

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Develop GenAI audio/speech features from model research to on-device inference, using auto-regressive models, diffusion models, or transformer-based architectures.
  
• Drive the research and development of AI/ML based on-device audio/speech features.
  
• Deploy and scale Machine Learning (ML) solutions across Google Android platform and Pixel ecosystems.
  
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (such as DeepMind and Google Silicon) for feature development and landing of audio on-device features.