Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack, YouTube Creator Studio

Google; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead for the YouTube Studio Client Infra team based in Bengaluru. You will architect the engine powering the creator ecosystem, drive modernization, and lead cross-functional design efforts across product, UX, TPM, and engineering teams.

You will write robust client-side components, review code for scalability and testability, and mentor peers while aligning technical plans with business goals and AI-driven initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience is required.
• 5+ years of software development experience across multiple languages.
• 3+ years of full stack development including backend and frontend.
• 3+ years of testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
• 1+ year of software design and architecture experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of critical YouTube Studio projects.
• Write and test product or system development code for complex client-side components.
• Conduct deep code reviews to ensure best practices in style and efficiency.
• Model and enforce high standards for scalability and testing coverage.
• Coordinate with Product/UX/TPM to translate requirements into work plans.

Skills

Software development

Full stack development

Software testing

Software design & architecture

Data structures & algorithms

Technical leadership

Accessible technologies

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related field

Job description

In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience with full stack development, across back-end such as Java, Python, Golang, or C++ codebases, and front-end experience including JavaScript or TypeScript, HTML, CSS or equivalent.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
• 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.

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.

YouTube Studio is the mission-critical platform where millions of creators turn their ideas into global cultural movements, businesses, and communities.

As an Senior Software Engineer and Technical Lead for the Studio Client Infra team, you will be a key architect of the engine that powers the world’s largest creator ecosystem. You have influence well beyond yourself. You aren't just writing code—you are building the "foundational highway" that over 50 YouTube feature teams (including Shopping, Community, and Monetization) rely on to reach their users across Web, iOS, and Android. You will lead the technical design for our modernization shift and drive the deep integration of Generative AI into our native runtimes, defining how the next generation of creators will interact with technology.

At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, 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

• Lead the design and implementation of projects critical to the YouTube Studio roadmap. Write and test product or system development code for complex, multi-faceted client-side components and frameworks.
• Lead by example by implementing a significant portion of the team's designs, modeling high standards for code factored for testability, readability, and resilience.
• Conduct deep technical code reviews, providing feedback that ensures best practices in style, accuracy, and efficiency across the Studio codebase.
• Model and enforce high technical standards for scalability, maintainability, and testing coverage.
• Act as the primary technical point of contact for cross-functional partners (Product, UX, TPM) to translate requirements into robust technical workplans.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .