https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/jobs/query#request-body
A query can put placeholders in the query text, which can then be filled in with queryParameters. Depending on what parameterMode is set to, the parameter can be positional ? or names @somename.
I'd expect these to be available on the QueryRequest.
See also: googleapis/google-cloud-python#2551