Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in a technical video system in a technical environment.
- 1 year of experience in technical troubleshooting, writing code or technical project management.
Preferred qualifications:
- 3 years of experience in technical troubleshooting, and managing internal/external partners or customers.
- 2 years of experience in solutions engineering, solutions architecture or software architecture.
- 2 years of experience with streaming service or in broadcast media digital distribution.
- Experience with video streaming back-end platforms such as video transport, video processing, Content Delivery Network (CDN) or client Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR) playback.
About the job
In this role you will work cross-functionally across YouTube with various technical and business teams. You will be supporting all aspects of over-the-top (OTT) focused on content ingestion and processing, with the goal of building the next iteration of YouTube OTT's ingestion infrastructure. You will have experience in video streaming systems design and support or technical product management within a streaming platform environment. You will have experience in architecture, integration and broadcast or streaming infrastructure build outs, working with vendors in the broadcast and streaming industry and working with software engineering teams and operations teams.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.The US base salary range for this full-time position is $122,000-$174,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Provide reliability engineering support of YouTube's OTT streaming platform, automate manual processes and assist in developing a tooling strategy.
- Partner with software engineering teams to build and deploy software used to ingest, process, monitor and distribute media content and metadata.
- Partner with content companies, third-party aggregators and software vendors to ingest premium live content to YouTube.
- Develop new metrics and expand upon existing metrics used to benchmark stream quality and reliability.
