{"id":1433434,"url":"https://alion.io/job/youtube-staff-aiml-software-engineer-youtube-ads-creative-foundations","title":"Staff AI/ML Software Engineer, YouTube Ads Creative Foundations","company":{"id":12362,"name":"YouTube","domain":"youtube.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/youtube","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Career site","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":4,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":1,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":31,"computed_at":"2026-10-29T05:49:05Z"}},"role":"AI/ML","role_family":"AI/ML","seniority":"staff","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Mountain View, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":185000,"max_usd":367000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":890},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AI Agents","optional":false},{"name":"Gemini","optional":false},{"name":"Machine Learning","optional":false},{"name":"PyTorch","optional":true},{"name":"TensorFlow","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-28T19:37:03Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-29","last_verified_at":"2026-10-29T06:12:40Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":30,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":30},"description":"About the job\nGoogle'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.\nWith your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.\nYouTube Ads is a multi-billion dollar business and the fastest growing segment of Google's Ads. Our mission is to power the YouTube ecosystem by keeping it free and engaging for users, responsibility rewarding creators and connecting businesses to their unique audiences.\nThe YouTube Ads Creative Optimization (YACO) team drives the mission to effectively connect businesses and users with the best creative technology. We specialize in Creative Automation applications that drive advertiser value with minimal advertiser effort through leveraging the AI technologies. This team uniquely grows at the intersection of Ads, YouTube and Research.\nGoogle Ads is at the forefront of AI innovation, applying cutting-edge machine learning and Generative AI models like Gemini to power a multi-billion dollar global business.\nOur work directly impacts billions of users by protecting users from harm, improving ad quality, and optimizing campaigns for advertiser return-on-investment. We foster a culture of deep collaboration, partnering closely with teams like Google Research and DeepMind to solve complex challenges. Join us to work on state-of-the-art AI, take on problems at an unparalleled scale, and build the next generation of advertising technology.\nIndividual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits\nLearn more about benefits at Google.\nResponsibilities\nServe as the technical leader responsible for architecting, scaling, and steering the next-generation infrastructure that powers our AI/ML applications. You will operate at the intersection of Ads, YouTube, and GenAI research to build high-throughput systems that enable seamless creative generation and optimization.\nDefine the technical roadmap and architect scalable foundational infrastructure, including creative data engines, generation and rendering pipelines, and agentic orchestration frameworks.\nDesign and optimize distributed systems to manage complex GenAI and heavy media-processing workloads efficiently.\nBuild and mature experiment and learning infrastructure to accelerate model training, evaluation, and rapid deployment.\nPartner with Product Management, Research, and executive leadership to align infrastructure capabilities with long-term business goals. Guide, mentor, and elevate executive and junior engineers on the team, fostering a culture of technical excellence and execution.\nQualifications\nMinimum qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.\n8 years of experience in software development.\n5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.\n5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.\n3 years of experience with software design and architecture.\nExperience designing or deploying machine learning (ML) infrastructure or platforms.\nPreferred qualifications:\nMaster’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.\n8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.\n3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.\n3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.\nProficiency in deep learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) and cloud/distributed data technologies.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4711,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":8,"management_years_min":3,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-29T02:11:50Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":62,"band":"ok","label":"Likely open","p_open":1,"p_active":0.831,"p_room":0.75,"age_days":30,"expected_fill_days":31,"reasons":["conf:3","velocity","win:late","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-29T05:49:05Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/youtube-staff-aiml-software-engineer-youtube-ads-creative-foundations","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/youtube-staff-aiml-software-engineer-youtube-ads-creative-foundations.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-29T08:14:26Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":12605,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-30T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":12362},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=12362"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fyoutube-staff-aiml-software-engineer-youtube-ads-creative-foundations"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fyoutube-staff-aiml-software-engineer-youtube-ads-creative-foundations"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fyoutube-staff-aiml-software-engineer-youtube-ads-creative-foundations"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/youtube-staff-aiml-software-engineer-youtube-ads-creative-foundations\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fyoutube-staff-aiml-software-engineer-youtube-ads-creative-foundations"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":1433434}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"youtube.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":1433434},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}