[Remote] Senior Live Video Network Engineer, YouTube

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Google is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Senior Live Video Network Engineer for YouTube. The role involves merging network engineering with advanced video streaming architecture, building scalable infrastructure for live broadcasts, and developing automation tools to enhance network operations. Responsibilities • Architect, design, and implement scalable, resilient, high-performance network solutions, with a specialized focus on complex multicast environments (PIM, IGMP, MSDP) and virtualization efforts. Drive capacity planning and cloud convergence projects • Build, maintain and expand our network automation platform using GoLang. Develop custom tools and services to automate network provisioning, configuration management, and monitoring • Serve as the highest escalation point for complex network issues, particularly those related to multicast routing and automated systems. Identify and optimize network performance and stability • Learn traffic traversing on the network -- the transport protocols, video compressions, metadata and traffic patterns. Perform packet analysis and extend networking expertise to the general video streaming solution and architecture space • Work with business stakeholders, software engineering, SRE, and layer 1 deployment teams to ensure the network meets the needs of our applications and services Skills • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience • 5 years of experience at a streaming service or in broadcast media digital distribution • 5 years of experience with data analysis and SQL/MySQL • 5 years of experience in system design and network architecture • Experience with video encoding and content metadata • Experience designing, deploying, and troubleshooting large-scale multicast routing environments • Experience building network automation frameworks and tools (e.g., Ansible, Nornir, or custom-built solutions) • Experience building or supporting high-bandwidth applications in cloud environments (preferably GCP) • Familiarity and working knowledge of Kubernetes (preferably GKE), and comfortable working with APIs, data modeling, and configuration templating • Understanding of audio/video signal processing and protocols, media streaming system components, and media streaming domain • Software development skills with demonstrated proficiency in functional programming, preferably Go and Python Benefits • Bonus • Equity • Benefits Company Overview • Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet. It was founded in 1998, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship • Google has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 8763 in 2025, 8872 in 2024, 9682 in 2023, 11626 in 2022, 9109 in 2021, 9785 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply tot his job