Application Engineering Manager, YouTube Marketing

Google; San Bruno, Los Angeles (CA, CA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 278,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in California seeks an Application Engineering Manager for YouTube Marketing to lead web development, requirements gathering, software development, testing, documentation, training, implementation, ongoing support, and maintenance for in-house and customer-facing web applications.

You will collaborate with a cross-functional team of Googlers, using UI and functional specs as input, and act as an owner to innovate and meet user and customer needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; MIS/CS or equivalent practical experience accepted.
• 12 years of experience programming in Java or Python.
• 8 years of experience in software development, application engineering, or technical solutions development.
• Experience with systems architecture and design.
• Experience designing and implementing third-party system integrations.
• Experience managing people or teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage and mentor a collocated technical team of Application Engineers and Specialists.
• Design, build, and manage the Applied AI and custom tooling roadmap to empower PMMs and GTM teams.
• Own technical cross-functional relationships with upstream YouTube Product, UX, and Engineering teams.
• Optimize the marketing technology stack and pilot AI-enabled solutions for reusable global platforms.

Skills

Java

Python

People management

Systems architecture

Third-party integrations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science / MIS or related (preferred)

Tools

LLM orchestration

Prompt engineering

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• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or other technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12 years of experience programming in Java or Python.
• 8 years of experience in software development, application engineering, or technical solutions development, including designing, coding, and building internal tools, applications, and systems.
• Experience with systems architecture and design.
• Experience designing and implementing third-party system integrations.
• Experience managing people or teams.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, MIS or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with LLM orchestration, prompt engineering, or integrating generative AI agents into production environments.
• Experience leading multi-team technical projects from system architecture and design through to execution and deployment.

About the job

You lead all aspects of web development, requirements gathering, software development, testing, documentation, training, implementation, ongoing support, and maintenance for both in-house and customer-facing web applications. You will work closely with a cross-functional team of Googlers using UI and functional specs/prototypes as input. You are empowered to act like an owner, take action and innovate to meet user and customer needs.

Know the user. Know the magic. Connect the two. At its core, marketing at Google starts with technology and ends with the user, bringing both together in unconventional ways. Our job is to demonstrate how Google's products solve the world's problems--from the everyday to the epic, from the mundane to the monumental. And we approach marketing in a way that only Google can--changing the game, redefining the medium, making the user the priority, and ultimately, letting the technology speak for itself.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

About the job

You lead all aspects of web development, requirements gathering, software development, testing, documentation, training, implementation, ongoing support, and maintenance for both in-house and customer-facing web applications. You will work closely with a cross-functional team of Googlers using UI and functional specs/prototypes as input. You are empowered to act like an owner, take action and innovate to meet user and customer needs.

Know the user. Know the magic. Connect the two. At its core, marketing at Google starts with technology and ends with the user, bringing both together in unconventional ways. Our job is to demonstrate how Google's products solve the world's problems--from the everyday to the epic, from the mundane to the monumental. And we approach marketing in a way that only Google can--changing the game, redefining the medium, making the user the priority, and ultimately, letting the technology speak for itself.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $192000 - $278000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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• Manage and mentor a collocated technical team of Application Engineers and Specialists.
• Design, build, and manage our Applied AI and custom tooling roadmap, translating strategic marketing requirements into custom technical solution development and implementation that empowers Product Marketing Managers (PMMs) and Go-To-Market (GTM) teams to scale campaigns.
• Own technical cross-functional relationships with upstream YouTube Product, User Experience (UX), and Engineering teams, and drive strategic technical alignment on joint AI initiatives.
• Optimize our marketing technology stack and automate legacy workflows by piloting agentic solutions, formalizing successful experimental tools (e.g., AI-native campaign systems) into reusable global platforms.

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