Senior Software Engineer, YouTube Creator Support

Google; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a software engineer to design, develop, and deploy robust ML systems and infrastructure for YouTube Creator Support, focusing on improving the creator chatbot using latest LLM breakthroughs. You will work across teams to deliver end-to-end AI-powered features at scale.

In this role, you will mentor teammates, define architectures, and contribute to roadmap decisions while solving real problems at a global scale in a fast-moving environment.

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 testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain intelligent features and scalable systems for YouTube Creator Support leveraging AI and machine learning technologies.
• Partner across cross-functional teams including Engineering, Product Management, and Program Management to deliver robust, high-impact solutions.
• Contribute technical strategy and architecture by defining long-term roadmaps, identifying design patterns, and implementing reusable, high-performance frameworks.
• Identify opportunities and emerging needs within the creator ecosystem to drive continuous product and engineering innovations.
• Mentor and support team members through code reviews, technical guidance, and engineering best practices to foster team growth and technical excellence.

Skills

Software development

Software testing

System design

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Master’s degree or PhD in CS

Tools

LLM development

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 testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a 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.
• Experience in building LLM based systems.

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.

Ask Studio is a conversational Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot being developed by YouTube to enhance the experience for creators on the platform and is envisioned as a comprehensive tool capable of understanding the specific context of a creator's channel, recent actions, and providing tailored support and guidance.

In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and deploying robust Machine Learning (ML) systems and infrastructure to empower creators focusing on enhancing the quality of Creator chatbot using latest Large Language Model (LLM) breakthroughs. You will also conduct analytics to identify opportunities to improve creator experience and deliver end-to-end improvements. You will be leveraging AI to improve creator experience.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

• Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain intelligent features and scalable systems for YouTube Creator Support leveraging AI and machine learning technologies.
• Partner and collaborate across cross-functional teams including Engineering, Product Management, and Program Management to deliver robust, high-impact solutions.
• Contribute technical strategy and architecture by defining long-term roadmaps, identifying design patterns, and implementing reusable, high-performance frameworks.
• Identify opportunities and emerging needs within the creator ecosystem to drive continuous product and engineering innovations.
• Mentor and support team members through code reviews, technical guidance, and engineering best practices to foster team growth and technical excellence.

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 .