Software Engineer II, YouTube Brand Packaging

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 data structures and algorithms.
• 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 implementing Generative AI concepts.

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.

As a part of the Draper team, you will own the core platform packaging YouTube’s content into brand-safe advertiser offerings, powering the billion-dollar YouTube Select and Sponsorships products. You will bridge advanced AI content packaging algorithms with ad-serving systems and buyflows, enabling advertisers to target and buy high-quality content (Lineups) across channels and videos.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to fluently work across our Java/C++ backends, Angular/Dart UI, Spanner/F1-based databases, and Flume pipelines. You will design and implement end-to-end features, integrate our products with Gemini, collaborate with product management, and get feedback directly from our sellers. Your role offers high-visibility in YouTube's key reservation ads business, clear ownership of scalable infrastructure, and a unique opportunity to use AI to move the needles.At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when 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

• Work with sales and product managers to define clear requirements for the given problem.
• Sketch out a full-stack high level solution across our Dart/Angular, Java/C++, Spanner stack.
• Collaborate with and learn from experienced team mates.
• Gain a clear understanding of your impact on the business.