Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, YouTube Ads Serving

Google; Town of Montana (WI); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

YouTube is seeking a Software Engineer III for Infrastructure to support YouTube Ads Serving in Mountain View, CA. You will work on large-scale infrastructure and distributed systems, contributing code and collaborating on design reviews.

The role emphasizes mentoring, problem solving, and maintaining robust services across Google's ad stack, with opportunities to grow across teams as projects evolve.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of software development experience (or 1 year with advanced degree).
• 2 years of experience with large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems, or networks.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Participate in design reviews to decide among technologies.
• Review code and provide feedback for best practices.
• Contribute to documentation and adapt content to updates.
• Triage issues and debug across hardware, network, or service operations.

Skills

Software development

C++

Distributed systems

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Software Engineer III, Infrastructure, YouTube Ads Serving

Mountain View, CA, USA

Company

YouTube

Experience Level

Mid

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

Google Ads is helping power the open internet with the best technology that connects and creates value for people, publishers, advertisers, and Google. We're made up of multiple teams, building Google's Advertising products including search, display, shopping, travel and video advertising, as well as analytics. Our teams create trusted experiences between people and businesses with useful ads. We help grow businesses of all sizes from small businesses, to large brands, to YouTube creators, with effective advertiser tools that deliver measurable results. We also enable Google to engage with customers at scale.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development (e.g. C++) or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.
• 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience with ad serving systems and user data privacy frameworks.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

Compensation

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

• US: $147,000 - $210,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Additional Information

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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.

Equity Information

Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is your sole contractual partner with respect to equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law.