Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Software Engineer, Fraud and Analytics at YouTube

This position is available in San Bruno, CA.

YouTube, a Google company, is looking for a talented, creative and motivated full-time Software Engineer. The work is challenging, creative, fast paced and intellectually stimulating. Strong analytical skills, unwavering commitment to quality, collaborative work ethic and cutting edge skills are best fit.

Like data analysis, AI, building and implementing models? Come talk to us. The R&D team is focused on building systems that help users find new interesting videos, discover patterns in the video views to promote content and of course, stopping those pesky fraudsters from gaming the site for fame and fortune.

Founded in February 2005, YouTube is the leader in online video, and the premier destination to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience. YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips on www.youtube.com and across the Internet through websites, mobile devices, blogs and email. YouTube has quickly become the leading destination on the Internet for video entertainment.

Responsibilities:
  • Building models that will discover the next viral video.
  • Finding people who are spamming the site.
  • Fighting gaming of video stats.
  • Finding the cool hunters on the site.
  • Building frameworks to experiment with video selection.

Requirements:
  • BS or MS in Computer Science or equivalent.
  • Minimum of 1-2 years of software experience.
  • Extensive experience programming in C/C++ or Java.
  • Experience in database programming; MySQL preferred.
  • Extensive knowledge of Unix/Linux environments.
  • Experience programming in Python a plus.
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