Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Recommendations, Rankings, and Predictions), YouTube

Google

Mountain View, CA

Full Time

Senior

166k-244k

4 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. At YouTube, we believe everyone deserves a voice and work to give everyone the power to share their stories, explore their passions, and connect with others through innovative technology and creativity. We move at the speed of culture, exploring new ideas, solving real problems, and having fun as a team. As a Senior Software Engineer in Machine Learning, you will work on projects critical to Google's needs, managing project priorities, designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, and enhancing software solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

Write and test product or system development code.
Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (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.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures/algorithms.
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 machine learning algorithms and tools (e.g., TensorFlow), or artificial intelligence.
Experience developing algorithms (ranking, recommendations, prediction, search quality, personalization) and software that generates suggestions based on various input and output targets.
Experience with programming in Python.

Nice to Have

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
Experience developing accessible technologies.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits & Perks

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $166,000-$244,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.
Additional factors such as work location, skills, experience, and education influence individual pay.
Benefits include bonus, equity, and other perks as detailed by Google.

Working at Google

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.

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