Software Engineer, Big Data (YouTube)

Software Engineer, Big Data (YouTube) - San Bruno

Software Engineer, Big Data (YouTube) - San Bruno Mountain View, CA The area: YouTube and Video The first video posted on YouTube was a 19-second clip called "Me at the Zoo."A Today, more than 48 hours of video are uploaded every minute. The YouTube and Video team helps budding filmmakers and musicians build careers, creates products like Google TV and YouTube Live and runs collaborative projects like Life in a Day and the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. We are leading a change in how we entertain, inform and share with one another, whether through cat videos or footage of a revolution in progress. The role: Software Engineer, Big Data (YouTube) Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies which have changed how millions interact, making accessible and useful the world's information. Our ambitions reach far beyond just Search To handle information at the the scale of the web requires ideas from every areas of computer science, including information retrieval, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, security, data compression and user interface design; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you work on small team and can switch teams and projects as our fast-paced business grows and evolves. We need our engineers to be versatile and always eager to tackle new problems as we continue to push technology forward. With your technical expertise you manage individual projects priorities, deadlines and deliverables. You design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions. YouTube is one of the biggest Big Data projects in the world. Capturing, storing, analyzing and acting on YouTubeas massive datasets is a big challenge and an opportunity to provide world-class value to our content partners and advertisers. By understanding video traffic, popularity and distribution you will be part of a team committed to promoting high quality content in the most cost-effective way possible. By understanding background material and message, you will predict the next set of advertisers, helping them get closer to the holy grail of precision targeting. Responsibilities: * Develop systems to automatically create promotion units, bidding, budgets and targeting for videos. * Build robust, high-volume production software to predict advertisers and automatically create video ads. * Put your development skills into use, designing for the current base as well as future architectures, with exposure to a high revenue run-rate video ads team. Minimum Qualifications: * BS in Computer Science (In lieu of degree, 4 years relevant work experience). * Programming experience in Java or C++. * Excellent data mining and analytical skills. Preferred Qualifications: * Master's or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field. * Experience designing and deploying large scale distributed data processing systems; experience with MapReduce or Hadoop. * Experience in big data, information retrieval, data mining or machine learning. * Solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms and software design. * Experience programming in Python is nice to have.