Google

Technical Lead, Media CDN

Google$207K — $301K *
Media
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of programming experience in C.
  • 5 years working with video streaming protocols like HLS and DASH.
  • 5 years building large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.
  • 5 years of experience testing and launching software products.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with engineering and product teams to identify media delivery opportunities.
  • Design, build, and manage advanced caching and networking technologies.
  • Collaborate with teams like Bandaid Core and YouTube to enhance reliability.
  • Ensure media-focused customer needs are met concerning performance and reliability.
  • Lead and mentor the engineering team while promoting innovation.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage.
  • Generous paid time off and holidays.
  • Retirement savings plan with company match.
  • Opportunity for continuous learning and development.
  • Access to wellness programs and resources.
Full Job Description
Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience programming in C .
  • 5 years of experience with video streaming protocols (e.g., HLS and DASH), including supporting media delivery use cases such as Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI).
  • 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.
  • 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  • 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
  • Proven track record of driving technical strategy by working directly with product managers and customers to identify priorities and design new features.


About the job
Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

As a part of the Media CDN (BDN) team, you will deliver delightful, cost-effective, and seamless media experiences globally. You will run a standalone caching network on Google's global edge, optimized for high-throughput egress like video streaming and large downloads. You will serve content close to users to boost performance and reduce origin load.

In this role, you will build new features that customers want, by bridging technical gaps and launching innovative capabilities, you will improve the platform for those who rely on us. You will focus on reliability, security, and metric-driven wins.

Join us to solve complex distributed systems puzzles and make all your favorite streaming platforms great.!

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $301000 (USD) 20% bonus target equity benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Partner with engineering and product partners to understand customer media delivery needs, identify and scope opportunities to address their top priorities.
  • Design, build, and own caching and networking technologies that define the state-of-the-art for video and large-object serving workloads.
  • Collaborate with partner teams such as Bandaid Core and YouTube to address infrastructure gaps and drive reliability across the delivery stack.
  • Represent media-focused customers across the organization, ensuring all of our products surpass their expectations for performance and reliability.
  • Act as a technical leader and mentor for engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.


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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