Senior Software Engineer, Search Security Engineering

Google•Cambridge, MA

2h•$174,000 - $252,000

About The Position

Google's software engineers develop next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information. Engineers work on projects critical to Google's needs, with opportunities to move between teams and projects as the business evolves. They are expected to be versatile, demonstrate leadership qualities, and take on problems across the full stack. In this role, you will partner closely with engineering analysts who track, understand, and contextualize security challenges and threats across the internet. You will enable investigations, scale analyst insights, and build tooling and infrastructure that underpin threat intelligence efforts. Within Google Search, you will help address complex engineering challenges and expand infrastructure while maintaining an accessible and useful experience for people around the world. Individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. The listed US compensation is $174,000–$252,000, plus a 15% bonus target, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
5 years of experience building software for security or anti-abuse, such as threat detection, threat intelligence, or fraud prevention systems.
3 years of experience building software for data privacy or security, such as 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 a related technical field.
5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
Experience building threat intelligence or detection systems that correlate signals at scale to identify adversary infrastructure, campaigns, and techniques.
Experience investigating and disrupting scaled abuse, such as spam, scams, phishing, or coordinated manipulation, including attribution.
Experience partnering with Trust and Safety, security, or incident response teams, and briefing leadership on threats.

Responsibilities

Write and test product or system development code.
Participate in or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide among available technologies.
Review other developers’ code and provide feedback to ensure best practices, including style guidelines, code check-in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency.
Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt it based on product or program updates and user feedback.
Triage product or system issues and debug, track, and resolve them by analyzing their sources and impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
Partner with engineering analysts to enable investigations, scale their insights, and build tooling and infrastructure for threat intelligence efforts.