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YouTube · 4 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML, YouTube

positionSan Bruno, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$166K/yr - $244K/yr
date5+ years exp

YouTube is part of Google and focuses on giving everyone a voice to share their stories and connect with one another. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in AI/ML to develop next-generation technologies and work on critical projects, ensuring best practices and contributing to documentation and solutions in machine learning.

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Responsibilities

Write and test product or system development code
Collaborate with peers and stakeholders through design and code reviews to ensure best practices amongst available technologies (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
Design and implement solutions in one or more specialized ML areas, leverage ML infrastructure, and demonstrate expertise in a chosen field

Qualification

Software developmentMachine Learning infrastructureSpeech/audio technologyData structures/algorithmsAccessible technologiesTechnical leadership

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages
3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture
3 years of experience with one or more of the following: Speech/audio (e.g., technology duplicating and responding to the human voice), reinforcement learning (e.g., sequential decision making), ML infrastructure, or specialization in another ML field
3 years of experience with ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, optimization, data processing, debugging)

Preferred

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field
5 years of experience with data structures/algorithms
1 year of experience in a technical leadership role
Experience developing accessible technologies

Benefits

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Company

YouTube

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YouTube is a platform for sharing and watching videos, including movies, music clips, and amateur content.
dateFounded in 2005
location
San Bruno, California, USA
people-size1001-5000 employees
web-link
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)
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Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$11.5M
Key Investors
Sequoia Capital
2006-10-01Acquired
2006-03-30Series Unknown· $8M
2005-11-01Series A· $3.5M

Leadership Team

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Neal Mohan
CEO
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Angela Courtin
Vice President, YouTube Marketing Brand, Creative, Culture & Media
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