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YouTube · 1 day ago

Staff Software Engineer, AI/ML, YouTube

San Bruno, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$197K/yr - $291K/yr

8+ years exp

YouTube is part of Google, developing technologies that change how billions of users connect and interact with information. The Staff Software Engineer will design and implement large-scale software solutions, provide technical leadership, and optimize machine learning infrastructure across teams.

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Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions

Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects. Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables

Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines. Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers

Lead the design and implementation of solutions in specialized ML areas, optimize ML infrastructure, and guide the development of model optimization and data processing strategies

Qualification

Machine LearningML InfrastructureSoftware DesignData StructuresTechnical LeadershipBachelor’s DegreeSoftware DevelopmentTesting SoftwareProject Management

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

8 years of experience in software development

5 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

5 years of experience leading ML design and optimizing ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine tuning)

5 years of experience testing, and launching software products

3 years of experience with software design and architecture

Preferred

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

8 years of experience with data structures/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, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Company

YouTube

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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

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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

Neal Mohan

CEO

Angela Courtin

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

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