Senior Staff Software Engineering Manager, YouTube

$237,000 - $337,000/Yr

YouTube - San Bruno, CA

Full-time - Senior

San Bruno, CA

Broadcasting and Content Providers

About the position

The Senior Staff Software Engineering Manager at YouTube is responsible for providing technical leadership and managing a team of engineers. This role involves overseeing strategic projects, optimizing code, and ensuring that team members can effectively optimize their own work. The manager contributes to product strategy and develops the team while working across various technical domains such as AI, distributed computing, and user interface design. The position emphasizes collaboration, creativity, and the importance of community in technology development.

Responsibilities

• Set and communicate team priorities that support the broader organization's goals.
• Align strategy, processes, and decision-making across teams.
• Set clear expectations with individuals based on their level and role and aligned to the broader organization's goals.
• Meet regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development and provide feedback and coaching.
• Develop the long-term technical vision and roadmap within, and often beyond, the scope of your teams.
• Evolve the roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs.
• Oversee systems designs within the scope of the broader area, and review product or system development code to solve ambiguous problems.
• Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, Javascript).
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role; overseeing strategic projects.
• 5 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 5 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.

Benefits

• Base salary range of $237,000-$337,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.