Senior Engineering Manager, YouTube OTT

About the role

Like Google's own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer goes beyond just Search. Software Engineering Managers have not only the technical expertise to take on and provide technical leadership to major projects, but also manage a team of Engineers. You not only optimize your own code but make sure Engineers are able to optimize theirs.

What you'll do

• Direct a nearly 50-person organization overseeing acquisition of video and metadata for YouTube OTT
• Act as a senior Site Lead for OTT in Bengaluru, collaborating cross-functionally (PM, UX, PgM) to drive site maturity, recruiting, and retention
• Scale ambitious engineering solutions to help media companies grow on YouTube, leading shifts away from high-touch operations to self-serve management in YouTube Studio
• Own global OTT catalog quality by defining metrics and driving solutions across detection and automation
• Scale and mentor a high-velocity Bengaluru team that embodies YouTube’s core values and moved quickly (leveraging AI where appropriate)

What you need

• 8–14 yrs of experience
• Java
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• C++
• C
• System design
• PhD or B.Tech or B.E. or B.Sc or BCA or M.Tech or MCA

Good to have

• Incident response
• Product strategy
• NLP