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Senior Software Engineer, YouTube

YouTube is a platform where everyone can have a voice, share stories, explore interests, and connect with others, working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity.
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Senior Software Engineer
5+ years of experience
AI · Enterprise SaaS
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Description For Senior Software Engineer, YouTube

Google's software engineers develop next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products handle information at massive scale, extending well beyond web search. We're seeking engineers with fresh ideas from various areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design, and mobile.

As a Senior Software Engineer at YouTube, you'll work on critical projects with opportunities to switch teams as the business evolves. We need versatile engineers who can display leadership qualities and tackle new problems across the full-stack. You'll manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables, as well as design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

YouTube believes in giving everyone a voice and making the world better through shared stories. We work together to empower people to share their experiences, explore their passions, and connect with others. Operating at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with the shared goal of showing people the world.

Key responsibilities include:

  1. Writing and testing product or system development code
  2. Participating in or leading design reviews with peers and stakeholders
  3. Reviewing code developed by other developers and providing feedback
  4. Contributing to documentation and educational content
  5. Triaging product or system issues and resolving them

Join us in exploring new ideas, solving real problems, and having fun – all while working together to make a global impact.

Last updated 8 months ago

Responsibilities For Senior Software Engineer, YouTube

  • 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
  • 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

Requirements For Senior Software Engineer, YouTube

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures/algorithms
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products
  • 1 year of experience with software design and architecture

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