Principal Software Engineer - Generative AI

Principal Engineer, YouTube GenAI Creation

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience working as a technical software engineering leader.
• Experience in technical leadership.
• Engineering experience in AI with a focus in Applied AI or GenAI, software development, and implementation.
• Engineering experience building large-scale consumer products with users.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science or related field.
• 15 years of professional experience in engineering.
• Deep technical expertise in building large-scale machine learning systems and solid knowledge of ML models/algorithm design/implementation and their application to real-world problems.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively to create a shared sense of vision or purpose cross-team and cross-functionality.
• Track record of technical innovation with large-scale, user-facing products.

About the job

The next frontier for YouTube is AI, which has the potential to transform every part of the platform. The YouTube Create app is a standalone app at the frontier of GenAI creation.

YouTube Create is Google’s answer to GenAI video creation for casual creators. We intend it to be an industry leader and a beacon for the Bengaluru site.

We are looking for a visionary Principal Engineer who will set the technical roadmap for GenAI on YouTube Create, working with executives and senior engineering leads across YouTube and GDM to productize GenAI for Create, as well as scaling our learnings to the rest of YouTube. These are novel problems in the industry that don’t have set precedent and involve cutting-edge technologies.

This is an extremely exciting opportunity to pioneer areas at YouTube that will shape the future of the platform and video content at large.

YouTube has become the most popular video destination in the world with staggering growth worldwide. In this role, you get to drive the inflection point in which every viewer can now become a creator thanks to GenAI.

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.

Responsibilities

• Provide the technical vision and strategy for GenAI products and integration. 
• Take on the hardest technical challenges using cutting-edge technologies.
• Design and lead a multi-year technical roadmap, balancing short- and long-term technology investments that benefit all of YouTube.
• Communicate the product vision for GenAI with engineers, researchers, and other cross-functional partners. Review technical design from the team and guide technical discussions.
• Drive and coordinate collaboration with the rest of YouTube and Google Research/DeepMind. Communicate the team’s plans with YouTube leadership.

Experience Level

Senior Level