Senior AI/ML Tech Lead, Shorts Discovery

Google LLC; San Bruno (CA); On-site; USD 262,000 - 364,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Mountain View, CA, and San Bruno, CA, seeks a Senior Staff Tech Lead for YouTube Shorts Discovery. You will lead AI/ML software engineers to advance discovery models, model deployment, and data-driven optimization at scale.

You will partner with product and research teams to translate business goals into scalable technical solutions, driving growth and user satisfaction while mentoring engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 7 years leading technical project strategy, ML design and ML infrastructure.
• 5 years in design/architecture and launching software products.

Responsibilities

• Define technical strategy for YouTube Shorts discovery models.
• Provide technical leadership on large-scale recommendation models and ML infra.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, data science and research teams.
• Mentor junior engineers and align teams on goals and timelines.

Skills

Software leadership

ML system design

Team leadership

Model deployment

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s or PhD (preferred)

Tools

ML infrastructure

Recommendation models

Job description

Google LLC in Mountain View, CA, and San Bruno, CA, seeks a Senior Staff Tech Lead for YouTube Shorts Discovery. You will lead AI/ML software engineers to advance discovery models, model deployment, and data-driven optimization at scale.

You will partner with product and research teams to translate business goals into scalable technical solutions, driving growth and user satisfaction while mentoring engineers.