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Google · 2 days ago

Director, Engineering, YouTube Ads Creative Optimization

Mountain View, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$294K/yr - $414K/yr

15+ years exp

Google is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Director of Engineering for YouTube Ads Creative Optimization. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing the creative assets for YouTube Ads, leveraging AI/ML technologies to enhance asset quality and drive advertiser value.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Partner closely with Product Management leadership to define the outlook and opportunities for media creation and enhancements, especially utilizing AI with a focus on Video

Identify gaps with the current offerings and develop solutions to address them, contributing to YouTube engineering leadership on Ads-wide initiatives

Take responsibility for the overall planning, execution, and success of complex technical projects

Qualification

AI technologiesFull stack engineeringDistributed systemsTechnical innovationProject leadershipTeam motivationPassion for technologyEmotional intelligence

Required

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

15 years of experience in engineering, and experience with technical innovation

Experience leading full stack engineering, distributed systems teams, or quality teams

Experience with AI or computer vision technologies

Preferred

Experience leading teams building and shipping complete end-to-end consumer products with an element of AI/ML as the underlying technology

Experience leading complex projects with multiple partners and stakeholders

Experience establishing 'big picture' strategy and providing detailed technical recommendations

Ability to inspire and motivate engineering teams to work together as a cohesive and highly productive unit, demonstrating excellent emotional intelligence

Passion for technology and technical depth to uncover root causes of complex technical problems and provide guidance on solving them

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Company

Google

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Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.

Founded in 1998

Mountain View, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.google.com

H1B Sponsorship

Google 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

Public Company

Total Funding

$26.1M

Key Investors

Andy Bechtolsheim

2004-08-19IPO

1999-06-07Series Unknown· $25M

1998-11-01Angel· $1M

Leadership Team

Sundar Pichai

CEO

Thomas Kurian

CEO - Google Cloud

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