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YouTube · 11 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure, YouTube

Mountain View, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$166K/yr - $244K/yr

5+ years exp

YouTube is a platform that empowers individuals to share their stories and connect with others. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop and enhance software solutions, manage project priorities, and participate in design reviews while ensuring best practices in coding and documentation.

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Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

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

Qualification

C++Software designArchitectureLarge-scale infrastructureData structuresAlgorithmsTechnical leadershipAccessible technologies

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

5 years of experience programming in C++

3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture

3 years of experience developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture

Preferred

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field

5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms

1 year of experience in a technical leadership role

Experience developing accessible technologies

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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