Senior Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack, YouTube Ads
Mountain View, CA, USA · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 24, 2026
- Experience
- 8 years in full-stack development; 5 years in large-scale digital advertising systems and platforms.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads long-term engineering strategy and full-stack development for YouTube’s ad experience framework across surfaces including Shorts, Feeds, Search, and Watch.
What you'll do
- Guide technical strategy, decisions, system health, and risk management for ad experiences.
- Identify system bottlenecks and invest in improvements to technical health and feature delivery.
- Coach technical leaders and collaborate across teams to build consistent features across YouTube surfaces.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of full-stack development experience spanning back-end and front-end codebases.
- 5 years of experience architecting, building, and launching large-scale digital advertising systems and platforms.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Experience leading full-stack engineering, distributed systems, or quality teams and scaling architecture.
Pay
USD 262000 - 364000 base salary
Tools
Java, Python, GO, C++, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS
AI focus
Incorporate new AI capabilities into engineering strategy for YouTube Ads; Google Ads uses machine learning and Generative AI models such as Gemini.
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