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YouTube · 3 weeks ago

Software Engineer III, YouTube Ads, Recommendations

positionMountain View, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityEntry, Mid Level
money$141K/yr - $202K/yr
date2+ years exp

YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, is seeking a Software Engineer III to work on recommendation systems for YouTube Ads. The role involves developing and maintaining models that serve real-time recommendations to billions of users, along with collaborating on various engineering tasks to enhance model performance.

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Responsibilities

Write 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
Build and deploy recommendation systems models, utilize ML infrastructure, and contribute to model optimization and data processing

Qualification

Recommendation systemsML infrastructureSoftware developmentData structuresAlgorithmsBachelor's degreeMaster's degreePhD in Computer ScienceAccessible technologies

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree
1 year of experience building and deploying recommendation systems models (retrieval, prediction, ranking, personalization, search quality, embedding) in production
1 year 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 fields
2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms
Experience developing accessible technologies

Benefits

Bonus
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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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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
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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