Software Engineer II, You Tube Feed Ads - Zurich

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Google is hiring a Software Engineer II for YouTube Feed Ads in Zurich, a full‑time onsite role shaping ads for Google's open internet. Minimum qualifications: bachelor’s degree or equivalent, at least one year of software development in Python, C, C++, Java, or JavaScript, and one year of full stack work across back‑end (Java Python Go C++) and front‑end (JavaScript TypeScript HTML CSS). Preferred: one year of data structures or algorithms, plus experience with user metrics analysis and accessible technologies. Responsibilities include writing code, reviewing peers, updating docs, and triaging production issues. To apply, tailor your resume to highlight end‑to‑end projects with measurable impact and cross‑team collaboration delivering scalable, user‑focused solutions.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
  
• 1 year of experience with full stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, GO, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• 1 year of experience with data structures or algorithms.
• Experience with user understanding and analysis of user metrics and trends.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.
  

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.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We’re made up of multiple teams, building Google’s Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
  
• 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.