Software Engineer at Google
Mountain View, CA
$149,400–$211,000from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Mountain View, CA
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A software engineering role at Google DeepMind in Mountain View focused on applying generative AI research to high-impact products — building ML pipelines, prototyping GenAI solutions, and working across multimodal understanding and reinforcement learning. The position spans the full development lifecycle from proof-of-concept through deployment, with an emphasis on iOS development, data structures, and live experiment design. Hybrid schedule may be available per Google policy.
Mid level · 2+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,200 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (mobile application developers). range 890–1,550
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $217,796 (middle half $177,469–$231,052). 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 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The minimum qualifications explicitly require 2 years of iOS development experience using Swift/Objective-C, data structures/algorithms, systems thinking, live experiment design, and full lifecycle applied research management — all treated as hard gates.
Swift and Objective-C are listed together as interchangeable options for the iOS requirement; both are captured, with Swift as the primary.
ML pipelines, GenAI, and reinforcement learning appear only in the Responsibilities section (not in Minimum Qualifications), so they are marked as preferred rather than required.
The role sits at the intersection of software engineering and applied ML/AI research; alt SOC 15-2051 (Data Scientists) is noted given the GenAI/ML pipeline and research responsibilities, but the iOS development gate and software engineering framing make 15-1252 the stronger fit.
The posted salary range ($149,400–$211,000/year) is base only; the posting also mentions a 15% bonus target and equity, which are not captured in the compensation fields.
Mountain View, CA falls within the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CBSA (41940).
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