Principal Engineer, iOS Search App

June 4, 2026
On-site
Mountain View, CA
New York, NY
$
307
k–
$
427
k
Bonus + equity
Full-time
15
+
years
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Team

Join Google's Search Experience team, responsible for building and maintaining the Search user interface across every client, from desktop Chrome to the iOS Google app (one of the top apps in the App Store). You'll be reinventing the Search experience with new AI capabilities like AI Overviews, conversations in AI Mode, and generative UI to help users synthesize information, make sense of complex topics, and make progress on difficult tasks.

Responsibilities

• Build app user experiences; design integrations of device capabilities (voice, camera, video, haptics, local computation) and server-side intelligence
• Participate in scalable development of server/client hybrid rendering systems
• Optimize performance and efficiency of critical use cases
• Onboard and introduce new features to users and cross-product integrations
• Contribute significantly to Search's strategic roadmap

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, similar technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 15 years of experience in software engineering building technical products and services
• 10 years of experience with iOS app development and tools, including building apps with installed user base

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related field
• Experience with AI agents, AI-enabled coding tools, and AI chat products
• Development experience with AI-centered product features
• Experience with leadership of user-facing product effort
• Excellent mathematical skills with knowledge of statistical methods
• Ability to influence outside lines of formal authority, working with technical and cross-functional or highly matrixed teams
• Excellent communication, teamwork, planning, and decision-making skills

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Comprehensive benefits package (learn more at Google Benefits)
• Opportunity to impact billions of people globally
• Work on cutting-edge AI capabilities (AI Overviews, AI Mode, generative UI)
• Team runs extensive live experiments, technical metric and feedback analysis, and UXR evaluations

Notes

• iOS Google app is one of the premier entry points to Google product and one of top apps in App Store
• Balance product strategy, UX outlook, platform capabilities, and innovative new capabilities
• Locations: Mountain View, CA; New York, NY; San Francisco, CA
• For San Francisco applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records considered in accordance with SF Fair Chance Ordinance
• Base salary range 307,000−427,000 (does not include bonus, equity, or benefits)
• Individual pay determined by work location, job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training
• Equal opportunity employer
• Accommodations available for disabilities or special needs

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