YouTube Content Partner Engineer

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience working with client-side web technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or HTTP).
• Experience coding with one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, C/C++, Python).
• Experience in technical troubleshooting, and managing internal/external partners or customers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
• Experience working with media companies.
• Experience with digital video technologies and streaming platforms (ie; YouTube, TikTok, Instagram).
• Understanding of AI and AI tools (ie; Gemini, ChatGPT, Notebook LM, etc.).
• Excellent data pipeline (SQL) and basic coding skills.

Experience working with media companies.Experience working with media companies.

About The Job

The YouTube Content Partner Engineering team works across YouTube's most complex and highest priority partners and creators globally. The teams combination of technical skills and industry/business expertise enable us to engage across a number of technical service offerings with our portfolio of partners as well as work closely with product and engineering teams to incubate and mature scalable product solutions that ultimately help partners and creators grow, operationalize, monetize, and protect their content and their business on our platform.

As a Partner Engineer, you will be a technologist working in a team that manages YouTube’s largest partnerships, optimizing implementations, driving new business opportunities, and seeking innovative solutions aiming to build excellent, successful, long-term partnerships. YouTube's Partner Engineering organization is a global organization dedicated to developing and managing partnerships with the biggest Media Companies working closely with the YouTube product, engineering, strategy and content teams to address our partners' most pressing and complex technology challenges.

You will have the opportunity to lead projects and cross-functional efforts (e.g., product, engineering, business development, operations, marketing, etc.) and should be an individual looking to solidify YouTube’s strategic partnerships with the largest traditional partners and the most successful new media partners that have grown large businesses almost exclusively on YouTube. You will manage technical engagements with some of the biggest media companies and be responsible for the ongoing success and satisfaction of a portfolio of partners. You will also be instrumental in improving existing operations, commercializing new solutions, bridging product gaps, automating partner operations, and taking new initiatives from conception to deployment.

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 $97,500-$140,000 + 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

• Contribute to the success of technical partnerships across various content verticals. Work with Business Development teams as the technical expert helping to negotiate new agreements and empower partners to find success on YouTube.
• Incubate and develop new and innovative product solutions to empower the content partners, solve technical challenges, drive internal efficiencies, and deliver impact across the business.
• Identify, drive, and optimize the flow of existing and new business opportunities by leveraging YouTube technologies through prototyping and innovation.
• Perform implementation reviews, advocate for new product features and new internal tools, and ensure the prompt and proper resolution of technical challenges.
• Improve product feature offerings by providing partner feedback to internal cross-functional teams, including Product Management and Engineering.