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Senior Software Engineer, YouTube

Senior Software Engineer, YouTube

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Full Stack Development • Research & Development

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3 skills required for this role

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algorithms

data-structures

networking

Job Description

As a Senior Software Engineer at YouTube, you'll contribute to the development and maintenance of software solutions used by millions. Responsibilities include writing and testing code, participating in design reviews, reviewing peer code, contributing to documentation, debugging and resolving issues, and managing project priorities. You'll work with cutting-edge technologies and contribute to YouTube's mission of giving everyone a voice and connecting people through stories. This role requires a Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of software development experience, including experience with testing, maintenance, and software design and architecture.

Must have:

5+ years software development experience
Experience with data structures/algorithms
Testing, maintaining, launching software
Software design and architecture experience
Write and test product code
Participate in design reviews

Good to have:

Master's or PhD in CS
Technical leadership experience
Experience developing accessible technologies

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Minimum qualifications:

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, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
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 software engineer, 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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

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.

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