As a Web Solutions Engineer on the YouTube Business Technology team, you will be responsible for managing solutions that make the broader YouTube organization more efficient.
You’ll be working as a part of an engineering team responsible for developing and supporting tools, prototyping proofs of concept, and writing/reviewing technical design documents to meet the needs of our services teams. You will adhere to Google’s software development best practices and work in close partnership with other project/product management and engineering teams.
We are a team that provides efficient and delightful solutions for our support communities to increase the loyalty of the ecosystem of YouTube users. The team designs and develops a variety of tools and systems that are used by YouTube support agents, partners, and users.
The Web Solution Engineers (WSEs) work across a number of different projects/products. Currently engineers are primarily focused on a full stack development including Web Application, Backend Services, Data Pipeline and AI/ML (use of LLM or model fine-tuning).
At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun — and we do it all together.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, deploy, and improve scalable, and modern full-stack web applications using software development tools. This may include ensuring reliable backends, building pipelines to aggregate data from multiple sources, implementing responsive and UX-rich front-ends, or enhancing performance of existing tools and services.
- Analyze problems and develop solutions, while identifying dependencies and resolving issues to drive implementation.
- Make technical contributions, including writing and reviewing design documents, tests, and code (e.g., JavaScript, Python, TypeScript, SQL).
- Provide subject-matter expertise and utilize comprehensive knowledge of Google's relevant technologies, principles, practices, and coding standards.
- Collaborate with cross-functional users and stakeholders to identify pain points and devise innovative technical solutions.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math or related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience in software development.
- 4 years of experience in full-stack software development and system design.
- Experience with front end languages (e.g., JavaScript or TypeScript).
- Experience with backend languages (e.g., Java, Python, or C++).
- Experience working with database technologies (e.g., SQL, NoSQL).
Preferred qualifications:
- 4 years of experience designing and optimizing databases.
- 4 years of experience with cloud, containerized, or microservice architectures.
- Ability to manage ambiguous requirements and influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong systems fundamentals with experience working with agentic AI frameworks and LLM tooling (e.g., LLMs, Agentic harnesses, Vector Embeddings, and RAG).