Partner Engineer, Device Platform Ops & Partnerships

Google; San Bruno (CA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's YouTube team is seeking a Senior Partner Engineer for the Devices Platform Ops group in California. You will lead deployments, optimize integrations, and drive partner engagements to scale device partnerships.

You’ll collaborate with Product, Engineering, Business Development, and Operations to improve operations, define new solutions, and automate workflows. At YouTube, we value collaboration and creativity while balancing business needs with technical constraints.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with client-side web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or HTTP).
• 8 years of software development experience coding in C++.
• Experience troubleshooting technical issues for internal/external partners or customers.
• Experience in the TV, consumer electronics, or embedded space.
• Experience with RDK, Android TV, or similar TV platform architecture.
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
• Experience in an analytical role such as business intelligence, data analytics, or statistics.
• Experience with database technologies (SQL, NoSQL).
• Experience or interest in the media industry.
• Strong communication, people management, and problem solving skills.
• Outstanding organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation reviews and ensure proper resolution of technical challenges; provide partner feedback to internal teams.
• Guarantee partner integrations with technical docs and guidance; drive revenue growth using YouTube technologies.
• Bridge engineering teams with external partners to collaborate on high-impact features and fixes.
• Align with Android ecosystem teams at Google to improve project prioritization and leadership updates.
• Access AI resources at Google to automate workflows and optimize code, including AI-based memory optimizations.

Skills

C++

HTML/CSS/JS

Troubleshooting

TV/embedded space

RDK/Android TV

Partner engineering

Communication

People management

Multitasking

SQL/NoSQL

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Master's degree

Job description

Google's YouTube team is seeking a Senior Partner Engineer for the Devices Platform Ops group in California. You will lead deployments, optimize integrations, and drive partner engagements to scale device partnerships.

You’ll collaborate with Product, Engineering, Business Development, and Operations to improve operations, define new solutions, and automate workflows. At YouTube, we value collaboration and creativity while balancing business needs with technical constraints.