Staff Software Engineer, Display and Video 360 Inventory at Google
Kirkland, WA
$207,000–$300,000from the description
Aug 10, 2026
Kirkland, WA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This Staff Software Engineer role sits on Google's Display and Video 360 (DV360) Inventory team in Kirkland, WA, building full-stack features that help enterprise advertisers discover ad inventory, negotiate deals, and run campaigns across the real-time bidding ecosystem. The position carries technical leadership responsibilities — setting direction, coaching engineers, and managing cross-team alignment — alongside hands-on design, development, and deployment of large-scale systems. It suits an experienced engineer comfortable owning outcomes across both back-end and front-end stacks, including integration of generative AI tooling.
Staff level · 8+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 560 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 420–720
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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 Aug 12, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The back-end language requirement lists Java, Python, Golang, or C++ as interchangeable options; Java is used as the primary name with the others captured as alternatives. However, because all four appear in the same required section, they are also individually listed as preferred skills to surface each technology for search/matching purposes.
Similarly, JavaScript and TypeScript are listed as interchangeable front-end options in the required section; JavaScript is the primary with TypeScript as an alternative, but TypeScript is also listed separately as preferred.
The posting carries a 20% bonus target and equity (GSU) on top of the stated $207,000–$300,000 base salary range.
A Bachelor's degree is listed as a minimum qualification but the posting explicitly accepts 'equivalent practical experience' in lieu of a degree, so no formal degree is hard-required.
The role has meaningful technical leadership duties (coaching engineers, setting direction, managing priorities across teams), which creates some ambiguity between a Staff IC and a people-management classification; however, the posting frames these as influence and coaching rather than direct people management, so it is classified as a Staff individual contributor.
Master's degree or PhD in Engineering/Computer Science is listed under Preferred qualifications only.
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