Senior Software Engineer, Hardware Security

Google • Sunnyvale, CA

4h • Hybrid

About The Position

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience building software for data privacy or security (e.g., identity and access management).
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
• 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience developing accessible technologies.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for the success of security responses, architectural reviews, and improvements for confidential CPU, GPU, and TPU environments.
• Lead uArch vulnerability responses as part of a rotation and with the support of a cross-functional team.
• Drive key responses to microarchitectural vulnerabilities by assessing their impact at Google’s scale and coordinating remediation with internal teams and external vendors.
• Research and develop long-term, systematic mitigations—such as robust isolation primitives—to ensure that hardware vulnerabilities never pose a significant risk to the world again.
• Partner with internal product teams to design applications that are architecturally resilient to modern hardware threats from day one.
• Collaborate deeply with hardware vendors and research institutions to share knowledge, triage impacts, and inform the design of a secure future.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees