Software Engineer II, Trust & Safety (YouTube) | Software Engineer II, Trust, YouTube - Google Careers

Google

Zürich, ZH, Switzerland
Published Dec 12, 2025
Full-time
Permanent

Job Summary

This role invites a skilled Software Engineer II to join the YouTube Trust & Safety team, focusing on developing next-generation technologies crucial for maintaining platform integrity. The core responsibility involves analyzing content understanding gaps and building advanced classifiers for videos, livestreams, and images using various modalities (video, image, audio, metadata). The engineer will apply foundational and novel Machine Learning (ML) concepts to address complex safety issues at massive scale. This position is highly attractive as it offers the chance to work at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and global community building within a fast-paced, culture-defining organization like YouTube/Google. Candidates should possess experience in software development, data structures, algorithms, and practical implementation of ML concepts, collaborating closely with research, operations, and product teams.

Required Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

Experience

  • 1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
  • 1 year of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • 1 year of experience implementing core Machine Learning (ML) concepts.
  • Professional experience with ML, Computer Vision, and data analysis.

Languages

Not specified

Additional

  • Must be versatile, display leadership qualities, and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack. Requires collaboration with research, operations, and product teams.