Google Machine Learning Engineer jobs
57 non-Staff AI/ML engineer reqs plus 94 DeepMind roles; SWE III base $147K–$210K plus a 15% bonus.
The Software Engineer III, AI/ML role
Google ML engineers are hired as software engineers with an AI/ML focus, building ranking, generative AI and infrastructure systems in Cloud AI, Search, Ads and YouTube, while DeepMind research engineers work on Gemini and agents. Hiring is rolling through a structured six-to-eight-week process with a hiring committee.
No separate ML ladder — ML work is hired as Software Engineer III (L4), Senior (L5) and Staff (L6) with AI/ML in the title across Cloud AI, Search, Ads, YouTube and TPU infrastructure, while DeepMind posts Research Engineer reqs on the same board; applied-AI titles are posted separately (Forward Deployed Engineer IV Applied AI, AI Outcome Customer Engineer, AI Engineer Advanced Solutions Lab).
Google ML engineer salary
Base: the posted US range on the live ‘Software Engineer III, AI/ML, AI and Infrastructure’ req (Sunnyvale, listed Aug 10, 2026, read Oct 11, 2026) plus a 15% bonus target and equity, matching all 18 SWE III AI/ML reqs; L5 posts $174,000–$252,000. All-in: levels.fyi Google Machine Learning Engineer L4 (SWE III), Oct 2026, 25th–75th computed from 13 visible samples of n=14 (average $312k) — thin and indicative only.
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