Staff Software Engineer, Ads Personalization Infra

Google Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for YouTube Ads Personalization Infrastructure in Mountain View. You will own outcomes, influence stakeholders, and tackle ambiguous problems across a large-scale distributed system.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, design and architecture, and delivering end-to-end solutions with cross-functional teams. Advanced proficiency in C++, system design, and scalable infrastructure is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
• Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
• Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large-scale software solutions.

Skills

C++ programming

Software design

Software architecture

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Testing and deployment

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master's degree or PhD in Engineering/CS or related field

Job description

Google is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for YouTube Ads Personalization Infrastructure in Mountain View. You will own outcomes, influence stakeholders, and tackle ambiguous problems across a large-scale distributed system.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, design and architecture, and delivering end-to-end solutions with cross-functional teams. Advanced proficiency in C++, system design, and scalable infrastructure is required.