Software Engineer, PhD, Static Program Analysis

Google LLC; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC is hiring a Software Engineer with a PhD focused on static program analysis. The role involves designing, testing, deploying, and maintaining software solutions within Google's MTAP ecosystem to protect Android users from security and privacy threats.

As part of a small, versatile team, you will work on automated static analysis frameworks at Google scale and build reverse engineering tools, contributing to malware detection strategies and code exploration capabilities.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience in static program analysis, compilers, or security.
• Experience with malware analysis, threat or abuse detection.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

Skills

Static analysis

Malware analysis

Security engineering

Compilers

Education

PhD in CS/EE or related field

Job description

Software Engineer, PhD, Static Program Analysis

In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

• PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.


• Experience in static program analysis, compilers, or security.


• Experience with malware analysis, threat or abuse detection.

Preferred qualifications:

• 2 years of experience in security and privacy.


• Exceptional engineering capabilities.

About the job

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.

As a key member of a small and versatile team, you design, test, deploy and maintain software solutions.

Android is the most popular computing platform in the world with 2.5B+ users, approximately 4 billion apps across 2M developers.In the Mobile Threat Analysis Platform team (MTAP), our mission is to keep Android app users safe from mobile malware and abuse.

As a software engineer in the team, you will work on building systems and infrastructure to protect Android users from security and privacy threats.

Design and build automated static program analysis frameworks at Google scale

Design and build secure and helpful code exploration based reverse engineering tools

Research and propose new ideas to detect trending malware and abusive apps using static analysis

The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.


• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.


• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).


• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.


• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See also Google's EEO Policy , Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal , Belonging at Google , and How we hire .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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