Staff Software Engineer, YouTube Developer Experience

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.
  
• Experience with C++, Back-end, Linux, Distributed Systems, C, and Shell Scripting.
• Experience with pipelines, system integration, load balancing, and web protocols, networking, and systems.
  
• Experience with refactoring, emergent design, modular code, building infrastructure, and with test-driven development.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working collaboratively in teams and across teams.
  
• Experience in building platforms that improve developer velocity, code quality and code health (e.g., compilers, automated releases, code design and testing, test automation frameworks).

Experience with C++, Back-end, Unix, Linux, Distributed Systems, Parallel Computing, Parallel Algorithms, Networking, Web Applications, Shell Scripting, Scripting, Large Scale Computing, Quality Assurance, C, Python.

Experience with pipelines, system integration, load balancing, and knowledge of web protocols, networking, and systems.

About the job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun - and we do it all together.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain new tools, infrastructure, and services to provide development, debugging, and improved velocity for partner teams.
  
• Engage with partner teams and provide automated solutions to engineering issues and developer pain points.
  
• Provide insights and product capabilities to ensure all features and APIs are testable by automated tests.
  
• Develop data models and integration solutions for commerce related services.
  
• Design and develop solutions in a C++ based micro-service environment.