Over-The-Top Ingestion Automation Lead, YouTube - Google
New York, NY
About the Job
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 9 years of experience in technical troubleshooting, and managing internal/external partners or customers.
- 7 years of experience at a Streaming Service or in Broadcast Media digital distribution
- Experience with video encoding and content metadata.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering or Applied Science, or a related field.
- 10 years of experience managing complex cross-functional or cross-team projects.
- 10 years of experience in operations management (i.e., process improvement, operational reviews, optimizing workflows, etc.).
About the job
The TV and Media Solutions team accelerates YouTube’s TV and Originals businesses with stellar technology solutions, operations, and partner support, making data exchange seamless and scaling critical business processes. Our team of Partner Technology Managers, Partner Engineers, Solutions Consultants, and Program Managers manage operations and partner support for YouTubeTV and YouTube Premium.
YouTube TV is an Over-The-Top (OTT) subscription streaming service that brings live TV and video-on-demand over the internet to your phone, tablet, computer, or smart TV. The YouTube OTT team owns the industry leading YouTube TV and Primetime Channels products (SVOD/TVOD/AVOD) in YouTube.
The OTT Broadcast team is responsible for all of the content ingestion that powers OTT products, including system design, video/network engineering, feed infrastructure, Ingestion video quality, software, tooling, and operations.
In this role, you will be responsible for building the next iteration of YouTube OTT's ingestion platform with a focus on content ingestion scaling, integrating tooling, reducing operational complexities, enhancing video quality, and innovating broadcast systems into a new era of distribution. You will manage vendor engagements and partner closely with engineering operations and engineering teams across YouTube.
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.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $171,000-$257,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Responsibilities
- Own and drive the tooling strategy for the YouTube live ingestion pipeline, evaluating and integrating both internal and external systems with a focus on automation to reduce complexity and maximize uptime and efficiency.
- Optimize monitor systems, generate alarm templates, and manage quality control strategies for broadcast media compliance (closed captioning, audio levels, perceptual quality, etc.).
- Act as an Executive escalation point between our team and operations, writing procedures, and instilling operational expertise.
- Innovate and modernize legacy operations and tooling for a software first approach.
- Collaborate with the OTT Video Content Acquisition Lead role, enabling mutual cross-training and skill enhancement.