Software Engineer, Applied Research, YouTube Languages Capabilities
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 20, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 22, 2026. YouTube scores B on the Alion truth index.
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 member of the Languages Capabilities team, your mission is to make YouTube the best platform for multilingual content. Our team leverages AI to democratize knowledge, making video dubbing and captioning easy and accessible for creators.
You will be developing a next generation dubbing, captioning and video asset localization product on YouTube which leverages the many advances in AI/ML to hide away the complexities around time and language expertise from the creator and give them a simple and easy to use mechanism to dub and localize their content.
At YouTube, we believe that everyone deserves to have a voice, and that the world is a better place when we listen, share, and build community through our stories. We work together to give everyone the power to share their story, explore what they love, and connect with one another in the process. Working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and boundless creativity, we move at the speed of culture with a shared goal to show people the world. We explore new ideas, solve real problems, and have fun - and we do it all together.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Write product or system development code.
- Collaborate with peers and stakeholders through design and code reviews to ensure best practices amongst available technologies (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
- Develop an innovative and successful Dubbing experience for YouTube creators that makes it possible to dub at scale with state of the art technology (e.g., Gemini, Omni).
- Collaborate with partner teams, such as Google Deepmind and YouTube Infrastructure teams, on rapid prototyping and bring the research to reality with solutions that can scale across YouTube.
- Establish evaluation frameworks, including AutoRaters to measure and iterate quickly.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience with software development in C++, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
- 1 year of experience with ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, optimization, data processing, debugging).
- Experience prototyping and shipping ML products.
- Experience designing and developing services catering user-facing traffic.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
- 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
- 2 years of experience with applied ML and scaling the product.
- Experience developing accessible technologies.
- Knowledge/interest in video accessibility (dubbing, captions, translations).