Tech Lead, Youtube Shopping

Minimum qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 7 years of professional software development experience or 5 years with an advanced degree.

Preferred qualifications:
• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a technical related field.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.

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.

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
• Lead advance technology powering YouTube Shopping product and features being built from Bengaluru.
• Drive the technical strategy for YouTube Shopping, defining how the technology should evolve to meet product needs, leverage new technologies, and support developer innovation and velocity.
• Work on technical problems in diverse domains, ranging from AI and ML, offer search ranking and quality, payments, browsers, trust and safety, infrastructure, feature development, and developer experience.
• Define a technical roadmap, collaborating with managers, PMs, and TPMs to lay out the system architecture and prioritize work items.

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