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Front End Software Engineer, YouTube

Location: San Bruno (YouTube)

Team: Software

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This position is based in Mountain View or San Bruno, CA.

The area: YouTube and Video

The first video posted on YouTube was a 19-second clip called "Me at the Zoo." Today, more than 72 hours of video are uploaded every minute. The YouTube and Video team helps budding filmmakers and musicians build careers, creates products like Google TV and YouTube Live and runs collaborative projects like Life in a Day and the YouTube Space Lab. We are changing how people entertain, inform, share and change the world, one video at a time.

The role: Front End Software Engineer, YouTube - Mountain View or San Bruno

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how millions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our ambitions reach far beyond just Search. Our products need to handle information at the the scale of the web. We're looking for ideas from every area of computer science, including information retrieval, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, security, data compression, and user interface design; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you work on a small team and can switch teams and projects as our fast-paced business grows and evolves. We need our engineers to be versatile and passionate to tackle new problems as we continue to push technology forward.

With your technical expertise you manage individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables. You design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

Responsibilities:

  • Design, implement and launch highly-visible, partner and end user-facing features.
  • Develop new ways for YouTube partners to manage and monetize content.
  • Design and develop large scale web applications.

Minimum qualifications:

  • BA/BS in Computer Science or related technical field (In lieu of degree, 4 years relevant work experience).
  • 2 years relevant work experience.

Preferred qualifications:

  • 4 years relevant work experience.
  • Experience as an architect or technical lead on large project.
  • Significant development experience in Java; experience in GWT, JavaScript and Flash.
  • Experience developing or designing large software systems.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ablility to create strong working relationships with cross-functional teams.

The Big Picture

San Bruno (YouTube)

Our San Bruno office is home to YouTube, where we aim to drive the evolution of video forward. Whether empowering citizen journalists to broadcast struggles within their country or enabling a global audience to discover the next great pop star, we’re enhancing the sharing and consumption of knowledge, entertainment and opinion around the world.

Location: San Bruno (YouTube)

Software

Develop the next-generation technologies that change how millions interact.

Team: Software

Front End Software Engineer, YouTube

Location: San Bruno (YouTube)

Team: Software

Apply now

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