Senior Software Engineer, AI/ML, YouTube
Mountain View, CA, USA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Experience
- 5 years programming in Python and C++; 3 years testing, maintaining, or launching software products; 1 year in software design and architecture; 3 years in one or more stated ML areas; 3 years of end-to-end Machine Learning experience. Preferred: 5 years with data structures and algorithms; 1 year in a technical leadership role.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Develops and tests software for YouTube, including designing and implementing solutions in specialized machine learning areas.
What you'll do
- Write and test product or system development code; collaborate on design and code reviews.
- Design and implement ML solutions using ML infrastructure.
- Triage, debug, and resolve product or system issues; contribute to documentation.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience programming in Python and C++.
- 3 years testing, maintaining, or launching software products, plus 1 year in software design and architecture.
- 3 years in an ML area and 3 years of end-to-end Machine Learning experience.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field; 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
- 1 year in a technical leadership role or experience developing accessible technologies.
Pay
$174000 - $252000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, C++
AI focus
Design and implement solutions in specialized ML areas, leveraging ML infrastructure; work may involve speech/audio, reinforcement learning, or another ML field, with end-to-end ML including deployment, evaluation, data processing, and debugging.
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