Senior Software Engineer, Head Tracking, Beam, AI/ML at Google
Seattle, WA
$174,000–$253,000from the description
Jul 21, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on building and owning the evaluation infrastructure for head tracking within Google Beam, a 3D video communication product. The engineer will define testing strategies, develop data recording and metrics systems, generate synthetic and real-world test scenarios, and work with algorithm teams to validate tracking performance. It suits someone with a background in real-time 3D tracking, computer vision, or AR/VR systems who has led multi-quarter engineering projects.
Senior level · 5+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,250 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 940–3,350
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 Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The posting lists multiple work locations (Seattle WA, Mountain View CA, San Francisco CA); Seattle is listed first and Washington state law disclosures are highlighted, so Seattle is used as the primary CBSA. The role is not remote — candidates select from fixed office locations.
The title includes 'AI/ML' and the role centers on evaluation infrastructure for head tracking (a computer vision/ML domain), making this a genuine hybrid between Software Developer (15-1252) and Data Scientist (15-2051); primary day-to-day work is building evaluation systems and software, so 15-1252 is the primary code.
The posting's internal framing says 'Mid Experience' in the header, but the job title is 'Senior Software Engineer' and the minimum qualifications require 5 years of software development and 3 years leading multi-quarter projects — consistent with a Senior-level role. The 'Mid' label appears to be Google's internal career-ladder descriptor, not a seniority claim overriding the title.
Compensation is stated as $174,000–$253,000 USD/year plus a 15% bonus target and equity; the bonus and equity are not captured in the comp fields as they are variable.
The preferred qualifications mention a PhD in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, or Computer Graphics — this is explicitly preferred, not a hard requirement; the degree requirement is set to Bachelor's per the minimum qualifications.
'3D tracking' is listed as a required domain area; 'robotics' and 'AR/VR' are named as alternative qualifying domains in the same requirement ('areas like 3D tracking, robotics, or AR/VR').
Skills such as 'data structures and algorithms', 'performance benchmarking', 'data analysis/visualization', 'machine learning frameworks', 'ML model evaluation', and 'data pipelines' all appear under the Preferred qualifications section.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): data structures and algorithms, data analysis.
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