Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• Experience with data analysis and signal quality testing.

Nice to haves

• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience working with large-scale data processing pipelines.
• Experience with data analysis and statistical thinking to rigorously evaluate metrics, tune algorithms, and make data-motivated decisions.
• Experience designing clean APIs and interfaces integrating with multiple upstream services.
• Familiarity or strong interest in signal processing, machine learning frameworks, or biometric classification workflows.
• Strong code health advocacy and experience writing comprehensive integration tests for complex logical state machines.

What you'll be doing

• Leverage multi-modal signals (e.g., visual/audio/melody matching) to generate highly accurate content claims.
• Identify unauthorized Generative AI reuse of human likeness, animated characters, and fictional universes alongside classical copyright.
• Detect Content ID bypass tricks and illicit monetization attempts while protecting innocent creators.
• Build, run, and maintain core quality systems and the underlying infrastructure that powers them.

Perks and benefits

• Opportunity to work on YouTube's world-leading rights management platform, Content ID.
• Chance to work with cutting-edge technology integrating AI, signal processing, and large-scale data systems.
• Work culture that embraces creativity, diversity, and collaboration.
• Growth opportunities including switching teams and projects as business needs evolve.