senior Software Engineer ic 5+ yrs Bachelor's · Posted Sep 24, 2025
$174,000 – $252,000
USD per year

About this role

Google is hiring a senior-level Software Engineer based in Mountain View, CA | San Bruno, CA. The posting calls out experience with Python, Data Structures, Machine Learning, NLP and roughly 5+ years of relevant work. Listed education preference: a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Compensation is listed at $174,000–$252,000 per year.

Role
Software Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
senior
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Mountain View, CA | San Bruno, CA
Experience
5+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree
Posted
Sep 24, 2025
AI Summary
Senior software engineer at YouTube developing large-scale systems and recommendation models. Write and test code, collaborate on design reviews, debug production issues, and design ML-based recommendation systems. Requires 5 years Python/C++ programming and 3 years testing/maintenance experience.

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Job description

from Google careers

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…

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