Principal Engineer, YouTube Shorts, Creator Growth

Google Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 307,000 - 427,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Google Inc. is seeking a Principal Engineer for YouTube Shorts, Creator Growth at Mountain View. You will shape the technical strategy to scale content creation and build a sustainable ecosystem for millions of creators worldwide.

You will tackle large-scale ML challenges, work with LLMs and multi-modality models, and collaborate with CoreX, Music, and Infrastructure teams to align the creator growth vision across the YouTube stack.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in engineering.
• Experience with cross-functional technical innovation.

Responsibilities

• Grow content creation and build a sustainable ecosystem for millions of creators.
• Define the technical strategy that ensures a healthy supply of high-value content.
• Solve large-scale machine learning challenges that define the next era of discovery for creation growth.
• Leverage LLMs, multi-modality modeling, and large embedding models to build specialized recommender systems.
• Partner with CoreX, Music, Community, and Infrastructure teams to integrate the creator growth vision across the YouTube stack.

Skills

Experience in engineering

Cross-functional technical innovation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Principal Engineer, YouTube Shorts, Creator Growth

YouTube Mountain View, CA, USA Director+

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience in engineering.
• Experience with cross-functional technical innovation.

Preferred qualifications

• 7 years of experience in a technical leadership role responsible for multiple technical areas and setting technical direction.
• Ability to manage multiple complex assignments simultaneously and work with geographically dispersed, cross-functional teams.
• Deep expertise in large-scale recommendation systems (retrieval/ranking), Generative AI for content understanding, and machine learning infrastructure.

About the job

YouTube Shorts is not just a product; it is a global engine for expression. The Creator Growth team is the vital heart of this ecosystem, responsible for inspiring over a billion viewers. As the Principal Engineer, you will grow content creation and build a sustainable ecosystem where millions of creators – from the newcomer to the established professional – find their audience and their voice. You will be responsible for the technical strategy that ensures a healthy supply of high-value content. You will solve large-scale machine learning challenges that define the next era of discovery for creation growth.

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.

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

US: $307000 - $427000 (USD) + 30% bonus target + equity + benefits

• Grow the creator ecosystem by inspiring viewers to create.
• Model the sparse and complex Consumption to Creation (C2C) journeys to understand what truly inspires Shorts viewers to create. Build attribution systems that track inspiration sources over multiple touch points.
• Build cold-start solutions to match creators with their audiences. Lead the shift from views-only rewards to sophisticated deeper engagement and creator recognition value models.
• Leverage LLMs, multi-modality modeling, and large embedding models to build specialized recommender systems that understand content at a granular level and partner with Gemini and research teams to integrate state-of-the-art tools that lower the barrier to entry for billions of potential creators.
• Partner with CoreX, Music, Community, and Infrastructure teams, ensuring the creator growth vision is integrated across the YouTube stack.

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Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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