Senior Staff Tech Lead: GenAI Video Editing & Agentic

Google Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 262,000 - 364,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Staff Tech Lead for YouTube Agentic Video Editing and Generation in Mountain View, CA. The role focuses on leading GenAI initiatives, video generation models, and agentic editing systems with DeepMind partnerships.

You will own outcomes, shape roadmaps, and mentor senior engineers. Requirements include 8+ years in software, 2+ years in applied ML/GenAI, and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 2 years of experience with applied ML and GenAI/agentic systems.
• Experience in building, productionizing, and scaling machine learning systems—specifically Video Generation models, agentic systems, agent benchmarking, agent AutoRaters, or LLM/agent training pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Direct and take ownership of key GenAI creation quality and product metrics for the team, translating data-backed insights into concrete engineering goals.
• Drive product vision and cross‑organizational technical strategy by partnering with PM and UX to deliver high‑impact creator capabilities, while leading the technical partnership with GDM to deploy state‑of‑the‑art video generation and agentic editing workflows across YouTube.
• Directly lead the technical execution of high‑priority projects.
• Architect and lead the production landing of the joint YouTube + GDM agentic video editing and video generation models.
• Offer technical guidance, navigate organizational complexities across YouTube/GDM partnerships and various YouTube product teams, and empower fellow TLs and senior ICs to succeed.

Skills

Applied ML

Leadership

Decision making

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Video generation pipelines

Agentic systems

LLM/agent training pipelines

Job description

Google is seeking a Senior Staff Tech Lead for YouTube Agentic Video Editing and Generation in Mountain View, CA. The role focuses on leading GenAI initiatives, video generation models, and agentic editing systems with DeepMind partnerships.

You will own outcomes, shape roadmaps, and mentor senior engineers. Requirements include 8+ years in software, 2+ years in applied ML/GenAI, and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.