Staff Software Engineer, Metabolic Health
Google· Internet & Cloud Services· Sep 21, 2026 · 1mo ago
Mountain View, CA, USA · San Francisco, CA, USA · Portland, OR, USA
In office
Full-time
Staff
$167K–$235K est.
8+ years exp
Job description
Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.
Google Health aims to offer everyone the ability to measure, understand, and improve their health.
The Metabolic Health and Nutrition team develops features that allow users to create weight or nutrition goals, log their food, and receive continual intelligent coaching advice to achieve their goals. Our mission is to enable people to lead longer, healthier, happier lives.
Google for Health is a company-wide effort to help billions of people be healthier. We work toward this vision by meeting people in their everyday moments and empowering them to stay healthy and partnering with care teams to provide more accurate and accessible care. Our teams are applying our expertise and technology to improve health outcomes globally – with high-quality information and tools to help people manage their health and wellbeing, solutions to transform care delivery, research to catalyze the use of artificial intelligence for the screening and diagnosis of disease, and data and insights to the public health community.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
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• Work with Executive Engineers, cross-functional peers, and leadership to craft a roadmap and technical deliverables for the agentic experience in the Google Health app related to Metabolic Health, Nutrition, GLP-1, and chronic disease management as it pertains to nutrition.
• Scope out, estimate, and architect high-level features and agentic workflows that help users create and achieve their nutrition, weight, and metabolic health goals in the Google Health app. Design infrastructure to accelerate hill-climbing and evaluations, and develop clinical-grade AutoRaters.
• Mentor and lead other software engineers, helping safeguard and bring up the quality of the team.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin or Go.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience with agentic development.
Minimum qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin or Go.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience with agentic development.
Preferred qualifications:
• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• Experience launching and iterating on agentic features on a consumer product.
• Familiarity with data analysis and research techniques.
• Passion for the health space.
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