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YouTube · 1 day ago

Staff Software Engineer, YouTube Shorts Ads

Mountain View, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$197K/yr - $291K/yr

8+ years exp

YouTube is a platform under Google that connects billions of users through innovative technologies. The role involves developing and optimizing advertisements for YouTube Shorts, focusing on user experience and business growth.

InternetMusicVideo

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Collaborate cross-functionally to shape the product strategy and roadmap in partnership with partner teams, such as the Program Manager (PM) and UX teams

Mentor and lead a group of engineers to execute the roadmap while maintaining high technical excellence

Utilize strong and fast experimentation skills to quickly understand user needs and identify new UI/format opportunities with business impact

Contribute to developing a unified format serving architecture to guarantee a consistent user experience across product types and devices

Establish foundational framework solutions that enable innovating formats with deeper user learning and a profound comprehension of our users

Qualification

Full stack developmentSoftware designArchitectureData structuresAlgorithmsMobile app developmentModel-based solutionsTechnical leadershipJavaPythonGolangC++JavaScriptTypeScriptHTMLCSS

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

8 years of experience in software development

5 years of experience testing, and launching software products

5 years of experience with full stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, Golang, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent

3 years of experience with software design and architecture

Preferred

8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms

3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction

3 years of experience working in a complex organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects

Experience in developing and implementing model-based solutions for user experience optimization

Experience in mobile app development and Android apps

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Company

YouTube

Glassdoor4.4

YouTube is a platform for sharing and watching videos, including movies, music clips, and amateur content.

Founded in 2005

San Bruno, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.youtube.com

H1B Sponsorship

YouTube has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

Represents job field similar to this job

Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (8763)

2024 (8872)

2023 (9682)

2022 (11626)

2021 (9109)

2020 (9785)

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$11.5M

Key Investors

Artis Ventures,Sequoia CapitalSequoia Capital

2006-10-01Acquired

2006-03-30Series Unknown· $8M

2005-11-01Series A· $3.5M

Leadership Team

Neal Mohan

CEO

Angela Courtin

Vice President, YouTube Marketing Brand, Creative, Culture & Media

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