Google

Tech Lead, YouTube Main App Services

Google$207K — $300K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of software development experience.
  • 5 years of full-stack development experience with backend (Java, Python, GO, C) and frontend technologies (JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS).
  • 5 years of experience in testing and launching user-facing software products and features.
  • 3 years of software design and architecture experience.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architectural evolution of core server systems for scalability.
  • Ensure high performance and reliability of critical services for global users.
  • Drive machine learning innovations to enhance user personalization and engagement.
  • Mentor the engineering team to foster technical excellence and innovation.
  • Define technical standards to enable reliable feature launches across the platform.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs.
  • Generous paid time off policy.
  • Retirement savings plan with company match.
  • Career development and training opportunities.
  • Flexible work arrangements with remote options.
Full Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development.
  • 5 years of experience with full-stack development across the backend (e.g., Java, Python, GO, or C ) and frontend (e.g., JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, or equivalent).
  • 5 years of experience testing and launching user-facing software products and features.
  • 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience with machine learning systems and using data-driven insights to drive technical and product strategy.
  • Experience as a tech lead for a consumer-facing product (e.g., search, ads, or social media platforms).
  • Experience in distributed systems design, architecting high-performance services that manage multiple requests per second.
  • Experience building maintainable and scalable back-end platforms.
  • Experience in C or other systems-level programming languages.
  • Excellent leadership and communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction and align cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., product, UX, and reliability engineering).


About the job
As the Tech Lead for the team responsible for YouTube's core server infrastructure, you will shape the technical strategy for the YouTube application. In this role, you will lead an engineering team in architecting high-performance solutions capable of handling multiple requests per second. You will innovate with machine learning to personalize the viewer experience and collaborate across the organization to enable feature launches globally.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $207,000-$300,000 bonus equity benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Lead the architectural evolution of core server systems, ensuring they remain scalable.
  • Ensure the performance and reliability of critical services, maintaining high availability standards for users worldwide.
  • Drive innovation in machine learning to personalize the user journey, from optimizing interface elements to developing new models for an engaging experience.
  • Mentor and grow the team , fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and high-quality engineering practices.
  • Define technical standards that empower partner teams to launch features reliably across the platform.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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156,500 employees
Market Cap
$1,115.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
+23.3%
Revenue
$182.5 billion
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