Minimum qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
- 15 years of experience in engineering.
- Experience with cross-functional technical innovation.
Preferred qualifications:- 7 years of experience in a technical leadership role responsible for multiple technical areas and setting technical direction.
- Ability to manage multiple complex assignments simultaneously and work with geographically dispersed, cross-functional teams.
- Deep expertise in large-scale recommendation systems (retrieval/ranking), Generative AI for content understanding, and machine learning infrastructure.
About the jobYouTube Shorts is not just a product; it is a global engine for expression. The Creator Growth team is the vital heart of this ecosystem, responsible for inspiring over a billion viewers.
As the Principal Engineer, you will grow content creation and build a sustainable ecosystem where millions of creators - from the newcomer to the established professional - find their audience and their voice. You will be responsible for the technical strategy that ensures a healthy supply of high-value content. You will solve large-scale machine learning challenges that define the next era of discovery for creation growth.
US: $307000 - $427000 (USD) 30% bonus target equity benefits
Responsibilities- Grow the creator ecosystem by inspiring viewers to create.
- Model the sparse and complex Consumption to Creation (C2C) journeys to understand what truly inspires Shorts viewers to create. Build attribution systems that track inspiration sources over multiple touch points.
- Build cold-start solutions to match creators with their audiences. Lead the shift from views-only rewards to sophisticated deeper engagement and creator recognition value models.
- Leverage LLMs, multi-modality modeling, and large embedding models to build specialized recommender systems that understand content at a granular level and partner with Gemini and research teams to integrate state-of-the-art tools that lower the barrier to entry for billions of potential creators.
- Partner with CoreX, Music, Community, and Infrastructure teams, ensuring the creator growth vision is integrated across the YouTube stack.
