YouTube: Flash/ActionScript Engineer, YouTube Syndication - San Bruno

Location: San Bruno, CA

URL: http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/static.py?page=youtube.cs&lc=youtube

This position is based in San Bruno, CA.

The area: Engineering, YouTube

Simply put, YouTube (a Google company) hires engineers that make computers do amazing things. Populated by extraordinarily creative, motivated and talented people, our Engineering team gets excited by developing new applications that really make a difference and are used by millions of people. 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.

The role: Flash/ActionScript Engineer, YouTube Syndication

Want to write code that will be used by millions of people worldwide every day? We’re looking for talented Flash Engineers to work on features for YouTube’s Flash video players and other components.

The YouTube Syndication team is focused on enabling YouTube’s content and community to be experienced anywhere there is a screen and an internet connection, and embeddable Flash components are a critical part of that process. Flash engineers work with product management, UI designers and visual designers to conceive, architect and build new Flash applications as well as extend and enhance our existing players.

Responsibilities:

  • Design and implement Flash-based gadgets and applications for web sites and embedded devices.
  • Enhance the embeddable YouTube players to enable deeper integration on third party websites.
  • Mentor other engineers in Flash and ActionScript development.

Requirements:

  • BS in Computer Science or equish and object-oriented ActionScript 2.0 or 3.0 (experience with client-server interactions (Flash remoting, Flash Communication Server, XML requests) a plus).valent experience.
  • 3+ years of software engineering experience in Flash and object-oriented ActionScript 2.0 or 3.0.
  • Experience with client-server interactions (Flash remoting, Flash Communication Server, XML requests) a plus.
  • Familiar with version control systems (e.g. Perforce, SVN, etc).
  • Comfortable coding without the Flash IDE.
  • Experience in web development (HTML, CSS, AJAX, Javascript) preferred.
  • Software engineering experience in C/C++, Java or Python preferred.

About YouTube:

Founded in February 2005, YouTube is a consumer media company for people 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, blogs, and e-mail. YouTube currently delivers more than 100 million video views every day with 65,000 new videos uploaded daily and it has quickly become the leading destination on the Internet for video entertainment.

To apply: https://www.google.com/jobs/application/application?loc=youtube&source=37sig&action=add&job=Flash/ActionScript+Engineer,+YouTube+Syndication+-+San+Bruno