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How YouTube hires

Truth index
B 75/100
Median time to fill
31 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%

YouTube scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 6 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 31 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Overview

YouTube is a major American online video-sharing and social media platform operated as a subsidiary of Google. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, the company enables users worldwide to upload, view, rate, share, and comment on a vast variety of video content. As one of the most visited platforms globally, it serves as a primary hub for digital entertainment, education, media consumption, and creator monetization.

News

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The geniuses at @YouTube have decided that our latest episode of Bridge Kids will only be set as "for kids" and that their decision is final. They claim a real human reviewed the video and made this decision too!Here is what a real human at YT thinks a vi
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at YouTube over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
86
Postings analysed
114
Stack modernity
78/100AI adopter
Languages
C++38%
Python31%
SQL24%
JavaScript16%
Frameworks & libraries
TensorFlow10%
TensorFlow C++5%
JAX4%
Hadoop3%
Databases
BigQuery2%
Google BigQuery2%
MySQL1%
Google Bigtable1%
Cloud & platforms
Spark3%
Looker3%
Figma2%
Tableau2%
AI & ML
LLM18%
Gemini16%
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
78/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
115
52 opened / 32 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
32 days
faster than 38% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
17%
Product
17% ▲
AI/ML
10% ▼
Sales
9% ▼
Leadership
9% ▲
Design
6%
Actively hiring for Product (+19 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
Added gRPC to stack Oct 2026
Added CI/CD to stack Oct 2026
Added Apache Kafka to stack Oct 2026
+32 jobs in a week Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
20
Hiring now
20
Countries
13
Busiest office
San Bruno
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San Bruno United States
HQ
32 open roles 45 posted in 90 days 34% engineering 500-1000 est. staff
hires for Product, AI/ML, Mobile
seen since Nov 2025 job postings
Mountain View United States
Regional office
25 open roles 34 posted in 90 days 68% engineering 500-1000 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Backend, Leadership
seen since Sep 2025 job postings
Bengaluru India
Regional office
12 open roles 17 posted in 90 days 42% engineering 200-500 est. staff
hires for Backend, Leadership, Solutions
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
New York United States
Regional office
9 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 22% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Analytics, Sales, Product
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Zurich Switzerland
Regional office
8 open roles 11 posted in 90 days 38% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Design, Backend, AI/ML
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Singapore Singapore
Regional office
5 open roles 8 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Operations, Product, Communications
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Tokyo Japan
Sales office
3 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Management, Marketing, Sales
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Mexico City Mexico
Regional office
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 67% engineering 50-200 est. staff
hires for Data Science, Analytics, Sales
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Hyderabad India
Engineering / R&D
3 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Analytics, Data Science
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
London United Kingdom
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Finance, Management
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Paris France
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Public Policy
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Buenos Aires Argentina
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Mumbai India
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Aug 2026 job postings
Sydney Australia
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Warsaw Poland
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Backend
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Kirkland United States
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Product
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Melbourne Australia
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Dublin Ireland
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Product
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Cambridge United States
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 100% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Backend
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Hamburg Germany
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Oct 2026 job postings
Earlier presence
San Francisco, United States 1 open roles · last posting Sep 2026
São Paulo, Brazil 1 open roles · last posting Sep 2026
Chicago, United States 1 open roles · last posting Sep 2026

Jobs

≈ $154k – $270k per year (Estimated) • In office • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Bruno
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≈ $22k – $46k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Bengaluru
Python
JavaScript
C++
TensorFlow C++
AI/ML
TensorFlow
Machine Learning
Analytics
ETL/ELT
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≈ $156k – $286k per year (Estimated) • In office • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Bruno
Python
Java
SQL
C++
AI Agents
Machine Learning
DevOps
GCP
Self-Healing
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≈ $126k – $246k per year (Estimated) • In office • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Mountain View
Machine Learning
Chips/EDA
Synopsys PrimeTime
Analytics
A/B Testing
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≈ $154k – $278k per year (Estimated) • In office • 10+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • San Bruno
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≈ $83k – $131k per year (Estimated) • In office • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Warsaw
Python
Go
Java
Kotlin
C++
Gemini
LLM
Machine Learning
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≈ $103k – $195k per year (Estimated) • In office • 4+ years exp • Master's Degree • San Bruno
Python
SQL
Rollup
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In office • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Zurich
Python
C++
Reinforcement Learning
LLM
Machine Learning
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≈ $174k – $358k per year (Estimated) • In office • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Mountain View
Fine-tuning
Multimodal AI
Computer Vision
Gemini
Machine Learning
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≈ $151k – $292k per year (Estimated) • In office • 2+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Mountain View
Python
C++
TensorFlow C++
PyTorch C++
AI/ML
Quantization
JAX
Knowledge Distillation
TensorFlow
PyTorch
TPU
Recommender Systems
XLA
Model Distillation
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≈ $31k – $81k per year (Estimated) • In office • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Bengaluru
JavaScript
TypeScript
C++
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≈ $182k – $364k per year (Estimated) • In office • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Mountain View
Machine Learning
Chips/EDA
Synopsys PrimeTime
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