Senior Software Engineer, Creator Messaging, YouTube

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.Experience developing accessible technologies.

About The Job

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 Senior Software Engineer, Creator Messaging, YouTube, 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.

As a Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead for the Studio Messaging team, you will serve as a key architect for the communication system supporting the creator ecosystem. YouTube Studio acts as a mission-critical platform where millions of creators transform their concepts into global businesses, communities, and cultural movements.

You will be architecting the "gateway" that links over 50 YouTube feature teams spanning areas like Community, Shopping, and Monetization to hundreds of millions of creators. You are tasked with driving the modernization of our technology stack and leading the profound integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) into native runtimes, ultimately shaping the future of creator-technology interactions. By managing the technical complexities of a low latency system, you will ensure consistency in the experience of millions of Creators across every surface.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

Key skills/competency

• Software Development
• System Design
• Technical Leadership
• Distributed Computing
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Generative AI
• Data Structures
• Algorithms
• Code Review
• Scalable Systems