Staff Security Engineer, Trust and Safety Intel Security Engineering

Google•Washington, DC

3d•$207,000 - $300,000

About The Position

The Security team works to create and maintain a safe operating environment for Google users and developers. Security Engineers monitor systems and network equipment for attacks and intrusions and work with software engineers to identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities. The Staff Security Engineer, Trust and Safety (T&S) Intel Security Engineering role leads detection and response for severe GenAI-related security incidents affecting third-party users, customers, and the general public. The engineer serves as a subject matter expert in AI Security within T&S and builds relationships across Google to support risk transparency and effective prioritization, mitigation, and resolution of AI security risks. Outside active incidents, the role improves detection and response readiness by developing and maintaining playbooks and escalation processes, ensuring appropriate detection coverage, and conducting tabletop exercises. The role also supports T&S's Operational Intelligence lifecycle for AI security-related issues, particularly emerging cybersecurity and frontier AI risks. It involves designing or developing tools and pipelines to surface risk signals and driving their detection, enrichment, and analysis to provide actionable intelligence to internal stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience with security assessments, security design reviews, or threat modeling.
8 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security, and security protocols.
8 years of coding experience in one or more general-purpose languages.
3 years of experience leading teams in a technical capacity or leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.

Nice To Haves

8 years of experience working in a security field such as application security, network security, or incident response.
Experience working with product teams to remediate identified issues.
Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, with attention to detail in an ever-changing environment.

Responsibilities

Drive T&S Intel's Detection & Response functions, including pre-incident preparedness, cross-Google relationship development, playbooks, escalation procedures, and process improvement.
Support urgent detection and response for critical AI security issues affecting external users, developers, and the general public, including on-call incident management during business hours.
Provide security subject-matter expertise to T&S Intel and develop tools, processes, and signal sources to detect, enrich, and analyze security-related issues, especially risks related to GenAI products.
Inform and mobilize decision makers and other stakeholders to catalyze systemic risk mitigation and enhance transparency.
Lead communications between internal and external stakeholders to support user safety, coordinate responsible voluntary and/or mandatory disclosures, and drive long-term risk reduction.