Software Engineer II, YouTube Uploads

3 Weeks ago • 1 Years + • Full Stack Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Software Engineer II, YouTube Uploads, you'll manage the user experience of YouTube uploads, supporting creators throughout their publishing journey. You'll lead client-side upload infrastructure for YouTube, YouTube Studio, and YouTube Create apps, contributing to frameworks supporting multimodal content creation. Responsibilities include building features to simplify uploads, better integrate with Shorts and Studio tools, helping creators distribute videos effectively, utilizing generative AI for content, and improving user experience for increased earnings. You'll also scale client-side upload infrastructure for YouTube mobile apps, ensuring reliable uploads. This role is at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and creativity, focused on empowering creators to share their stories.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 1 year software development experience (Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript)
  • 1 year experience with data structures/algorithms
  • 1 year application development experience
  • Build new upload features
  • Scale client-side upload infrastructure
Good to have:
  • Experience with Objective C, C++
  • Mobile/iOS application development experience

Job Details

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
  • 1 year of experience with data structures or algorithms.
  • 1 year of experience with application development.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience with software development in Objective C, C++.
  • Experience or knowledge in Mobile Application Development.
  • Experience in iOS Application Development.

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.

In this role, you will be managing the user experience of YouTube uploads and support creators throughout their publishing journey. You will lead the client-side upload infrastructure for the YouTube, YouTube Studio, YouTube Create apps and contribute to the frameworks that support multimodal content creation.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

  • Build new features to make uploads simpler and better integrated with Shorts creation and Studio other tools.
  • Help creators distribute videos to the right audience, use generative AI for content and earn more through better controls and streamlined user experience.
  • Scale the client-side uploads infrastructure for the YouTube mobile apps, ensuring reliable uploads.

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