Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Recommendations, Rankings, and Predictions)
Description For Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Recommendations, Rankings, and Predictions)
YouTube, a leading video-sharing platform, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Machine Learning to join their Recommendations, Rankings, and Predictions team. This role is crucial in shaping how billions of users discover and interact with content on YouTube.
The position offers an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and creative content delivery, focusing on developing sophisticated algorithms for ranking, recommendations, prediction, and search quality. You'll be part of Google's broader mission to organize the world's information while specifically enhancing YouTube's ability to connect users with content they love.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll leverage your expertise in machine learning algorithms, Python programming, and software development to build and improve systems that operate at massive scale. The role requires both technical depth in ML/AI and the ability to collaborate across teams to implement solutions that directly impact user experience.
The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of software development experience, with specific expertise in machine learning algorithms and tools like TensorFlow. You'll be working from either Mountain View or San Bruno, CA, contributing to a culture that values innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence.
This position offers competitive compensation ($161,000-$239,000) plus bonus and equity, along with Google's comprehensive benefits package. You'll be part of a team that believes in giving everyone a voice and making the world better through shared stories and community building.
Join YouTube to work on challenging technical problems, influence the future of content discovery, and be part of a team that moves at the speed of culture while maintaining Google's high standards for engineering excellence.
Responsibilities For Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Recommendations, Rankings, and Predictions)
- 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
- 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 For Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Recommendations, Rankings, and Predictions)
- 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
- 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)
- Experience with programming in Python
Benefits For Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning (Recommendations, Rankings, and Predictions)
- bonus
- equity
- benefits
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