Senior Staff Software Engineer & Tech Lead, Ads Surfaces

Google Inc.

Mountain View (CA)

On-site

USD 262,000 - 364,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer, Technical Lead for YouTube Ads Surfaces and Experiences in Mountain View, CA. You will help shape long-term engineering strategy, own critical technical decisions, and mentor engineers while collaborating across YouTube teams to deliver high-impact advertising systems.

The role emphasizes scaling, AI-driven features, and cross‑functional leadership within a fast‑moving, global product environment.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience programming in Java or C++.
  • 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.

Responsibilities

  • Drive long-term engineering strategy, incorporating organizational business priorities and technological shifts, such as new AI capabilities.
  • Own key technical decisions based on your expertise, guiding the team through important design tradeoffs, short term/long term strategy, system health, and risk management.
  • Identify system hotspots to improve the organization's technical health, ensuring the calculated investments are made to remove widely‑felt barriers to productivity/feature throughput.
  • Invest in growing the next generation of technical leaders through direct coaching, scalable mentorship initiatives.
  • Work cross‑functionally to ensure features are built consistently across different surfaces working closely with YouTube organic, quality, client infrastructure teams.

Skills

Java
C++
design and architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree
Master's degree or PhD (preferred)

Job description

Google is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer, Technical Lead for YouTube Ads Surfaces and Experiences in Mountain View, CA. You will help shape long-term engineering strategy, own critical technical decisions, and mentor engineers while collaborating across YouTube teams to deliver high-impact advertising systems.

The role emphasizes scaling, AI-driven features, and cross‑functional leadership within a fast‑moving, global product environment.

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