Senior Staff Software Engineer, Media Algorithms, YouTube

Join YouTube's Media Algorithms team as a Senior Staff Software Engineer, where you'll be at the forefront of developing next-generation technologies that impact billions of users worldwide. This role combines expertise in audio/video processing with cutting-edge software development, focusing on improving YouTube's video infrastructure and user experience.

The position offers an exciting opportunity to work with a diverse team of domain experts and engineers, researching and enhancing YouTube's video capabilities. You'll be responsible for building guardrails for audio and video quality, optimizing performance versus cost trade-offs, and innovating backend transcoding infrastructure that serves billions of users globally.

As a senior technical leader, you'll work on video coding, processing, and evaluation standards, while also developing advanced Machine Learning and AI models for audio and video applications. The role requires deep expertise in audio/video processing, demonstrated leadership in technical direction, and experience with large-scale deployment.

The compensation package is highly competitive, ranging from $248,000 to $349,000 base salary, plus bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits. Working at YouTube's Mountain View headquarters, you'll be part of a culture that believes in giving everyone a voice and making the world better through shared stories and community building.

This role offers the unique opportunity to impact how billions of people consume and interact with media content. You'll work at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and creative expression, solving complex technical challenges while contributing to YouTube's mission of showing people the world. The position requires both technical excellence and leadership skills, as you'll be collaborating with teams across Google and external partners to define and execute on product roadmaps.

The ideal candidate will bring together expertise in audio/video processing, machine learning, and large-scale systems, with the ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor other engineers. You'll be part of shaping the future of media technology while working with some of the industry's best engineers and researchers.