Content Partner Engineer YouTube

Content Partner Engineer YouTube

At Google, we are looking for a Content Partner Engineer for our YouTube team. This role focuses on providing technical expertise and solutions to YouTube's highest priority partners in the US. You will work at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and creativity, helping partners grow, operationalize, and protect their content and business on the YouTube platform.

About The Job

gTech's Professional Services team is dedicated to providing foundational services and forward-looking business solutions to top advertiser and publisher customers. Through technical implementation, optimization, and key solutions, we help customers achieve their business goals and build long-term capabilities.

The YouTube US Verticals Content Partner Engineering team collaborates with YouTube's most important partners in the US. By combining technical skills with industry and business expertise, we offer a range of technical services to our partners. We also work closely with product and engineering teams to develop and refine scalable product solutions that assist partners in growing, managing, and securing their content and businesses on our platform.

At YouTube, we believe in empowering everyone to share their voice and fostering a community through stories. We are committed to helping people share their stories, explore their passions, and connect with others. Working at the intersection of technology and creativity, we move at the speed of culture with the goal of showing people the world. We embrace new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun doing it together.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the success of technical partnerships across various content verticals.
• Act as a technical expert for Business Development teams, assisting in negotiating new agreements and enabling partners to succeed on YouTube.
• Incubate and develop new product solutions to empower content partners, resolve technical issues, enhance internal efficiencies, and drive business impact.
• Identify, drive, and optimize the flow of existing and new business opportunities by leveraging YouTube technologies through prototyping and innovation.
• Support YouTube’s developer ecosystem by providing policy guidance and assistance for API integrations.
• Perform implementation reviews, advocate for new product features and internal tools, and ensure timely and proper resolution of technical issues.
• Improve product feature offerings by relaying partner feedback to internal cross-functional teams, including Product Management and Engineering.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience working with client-side web technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or HTTP).
• Experience coding with one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, C/C++, Python).
• Experience troubleshooting technical issues for internal/external partners or customers.

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
• Experience working with media companies.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, including troubleshooting integration issues, interpreting API documentation, and consulting with third-party developers on best practices for scalability and authentication (OAuth).
• Experience with digital video technologies and streaming platforms (i.e. YouTube).
• Understanding of AI and AI tools (i.e. Gemini, Notebook LM, etc.).
• Excellent data pipeline (SQL) and basic coding skills.

Key skills/competency

• Content Partner Engineering
• YouTube
• Technical Partnerships
• API Integrations
• RESTful APIs
• Digital Video Technologies
• Client-Side Web Technologies
• Programming Languages (Java, C/C++, Python)
• Troubleshooting Technical Issues
• Product Solutions