Senior Staff Software Engineer, Geometric Computer Vision, Google Beam at Google
Mountain View, CA
$262,000–$364,000from the description
Aug 19, 2026
Mountain View, CA
Sep 25, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role on the Google Beam team focuses on building real-time 3D perception and camera calibration systems for a spatial video communication product. The engineer will architect multi-camera calibration pipelines, define boundaries between geometric and learned reconstruction modules, and collaborate with hardware and ML research teams. It suits a deep expert in geometric computer vision with strong production C++ skills and a track record of technical leadership.
Staff level · 8+ years · Seattle, WA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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The posting lists multiple work locations: Seattle WA, Mountain View CA, and San Francisco CA. Seattle is listed first and is the only city with state-specific compensation disclosure obligations, so it is used as the primary CBSA; the role is not remote.
The '8 years of experience in software development' requirement is the basis for the overall years minimum; the role also requires 7 years of technical leadership in 3D tracking/calibration and 5 years of geometric computer vision experience.
The '3D tracking, camera calibration, or multi-view geometry' requirement is phrased as alternatives — one skill entry captures all three with alternatives populated accordingly.
Video generation appears alongside geometric computer vision and signal processing in the same minimum-qualifications line but reads as an alternative domain rather than a separate hard gate; it is captured as preferred to reflect that ambiguity.
NeRFs and 3D Gaussian Splatting appear under Preferred qualifications alongside a publication record in computer vision conferences; the publication record is a soft credential, not a named technology, and is omitted from the skills list.
The compensation of $262,000–$364,000/year is stated explicitly, plus a 25% bonus target and equity; bonus and equity are not captured in the comp fields as those fields represent base salary only.
The title 'Senior Staff' maps to the Staff seniority band — it is above Senior but below Principal, and the scope (cross-functional technical leadership across tracking and calibration teams) is consistent with Staff.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): data structures and algorithms.
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