Software Engineer, BigQuery Agentic AI at Google
Kirkland, WA
$147,000–$211,000from the description
Jul 21, 2026
Kirkland, WA
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on building agentic AI systems within BigQuery's Analytics AI organization, integrating Large Language Models with BigQuery's core engine to create autonomous agents that assist with data ingestion, pipeline optimization, feature extraction, and model training. The work spans large-scale distributed systems and generative AI, requiring collaboration with product, design, and data science teams. It suits mid-level engineers with backgrounds in AI/ML, distributed infrastructure, and cloud platforms.
Mid level · 2+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 490 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 370–640
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
Google explicitly labels this role 'Mid' in the posting header, and the minimum experience gate is only 2 years — consistent with a Mid-level band.
The degree requirement is a Bachelor's or 'equivalent practical experience'; because an equivalent-experience path is offered, the degree requirement is set to Bachelors (the stated minimum formal degree) — candidates without a degree who have equivalent experience are also eligible per the JD.
The JD lists 'experience with one or more of Java/Go/Python/TypeScript' as a hard gate; all four are captured as alternatives under a single skill since any one satisfies the requirement.
Agentic Frameworks are required with LangChain and AutoGen given as examples ('e.g.'); both are captured as alternatives on a single skill.
Cloud platform experience is required; Google Cloud Platform is the named example but the requirement is for a 'Cloud Computing Platform' broadly — Azure and GCP listed as alternatives.
VSCode/IDE and CLI experience, LLM-for-code experience (Gemini/GPT-4/Claude), and BigQuery familiarity all appear under Preferred Qualifications.
Compensation is $147,000–$211,000/year plus a 15% bonus target and equity; the bonus and equity are not captured in the comp fields as they are variable/discretionary.
The role is located in Kirkland, WA, which falls within the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue CBSA.
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