Payments Security Engineer: Backend & Secure Systems

GOOGLE ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. is seeking software engineers to build next-generation backend systems that scale to billions of users. You will work on projects across information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale systems, security, AI, and more, with opportunities to switch teams as the business grows.

The role emphasizes versatility, leadership, and proactive problem solving across the full stack, with a focus on secure engineering practices within Google Payments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Go, Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript) or 1 year with an advanced degree.
• 1 year of experience with security in attacks and mitigation methods.

Responsibilities

• Write and review backend infrastructure code.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing sources of issues and impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.
• Perform technical security assessments, code audits and design reviews.
• Develop technical solutions to mitigate security vulnerabilities.
• Advocate security and secure practices throughout Google Payments.

Skills

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Go

Python

C

C++

Java

JavaScript

Job description

Google Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. is seeking software engineers to build next-generation backend systems that scale to billions of users. You will work on projects across information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale systems, security, AI, and more, with opportunities to switch teams as the business grows.

The role emphasizes versatility, leadership, and proactive problem solving across the full stack, with a focus on secure engineering practices within Google Payments.