Senior Software Engineer - Viewcount & Metrics Platform

Google; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Google is seeking a Software Engineer III for the YouTube Viewcount and Aggregations team in Zürich, Switzerland. You will design, build, and maintain systems that compute view counts and related metrics, collaborating across YouTube teams to deliver scalable solutions for billions of events.

The role emphasizes problem solving, mentoring juniors, and deep knowledge of distributed systems, data pipelines, and compute infrastructure, with in-person interviews common.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of software development in C++, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.

Aufgaben

• Manage and optimize processing of billions of daily events, ensuring scalable batch and streaming pipelines.
• Develop monitoring, alerting, and data validation strategies across distributed systems to ensure high-quality metric data.
• Partner with stakeholders across YouTube to understand needs and deliver impactful solutions.
• Drive evolution of how YouTube’s key user-facing metrics are computed for new viewing experiences.

Kenntnisse

Problem solving

Mentoring

Leadership

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in CS or related field

Tools

C++

Spanner

Bigtable

Flume

Jobbeschreibung

Google is seeking a Software Engineer III for the YouTube Viewcount and Aggregations team in Zürich, Switzerland. You will design, build, and maintain systems that compute view counts and related metrics, collaborating across YouTube teams to deliver scalable solutions for billions of events.

The role emphasizes problem solving, mentoring juniors, and deep knowledge of distributed systems, data pipelines, and compute infrastructure, with in-person interviews common.