Software Engineer, Agentic Model Serving, Robotics, DeepMind
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Mountain View, CA · Posted November 12, 2026
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November 2026
- #1Best cities for AI-skill jobs45% · of 100
- #1Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the West Coast45% · of 71
- #1Best cities for mid-career professionals in the West Coast68% · of 71
- #1Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in the West Coast85 / 100 · of 39
- #1Best all-round cities for AI careers in the West Coast96 / 100 · of 39
- #2Best cities for finance pay after cost of living$161k · of 35
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About the job
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. 4 years of experience in software development. Experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs) or Vision-Language Models (VLMs) in a production environment. Experience optimizing model performance for inference on hardware accelerators (e.g., TPUs and GPUs). Experience with machine learning frameworks, particularly JAX or TensorFlow, on inference and serving.