Senior Software Engineer, Android Trust

Google LLC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Google LLC in Singapore is seeking a Senior Software Engineer focused on Android Trust. You will work on protecting billions of Android users by building and scaling analysis platforms for app execution and monitoring, with emphasis on security and threat modeling.

We value deep expertise in Android development, system architecture, and performance, plus experience with AI/ML safety considerations. This role requires work authorization in Singapore and excludes visa sponsorship requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• 3+ years testing/maintaining/launching software products and 1 year in design/architecture.

Responsibilities

• Develop and scale virtualized and physical device-based analysis platforms for large-scale app execution and monitoring.
• Write system-level code to perform deep inspection and instrumentation of apps while defeating evasion techniques.
• Lead design reviews and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to architect defense strategies for agentic AI threat models.
• Triage and resolve complex system issues by analyzing impacts on hardware, network, and service quality.

Skills

5+ years software development

Software testing/maintenance

Software design & architecture

Android development

App dynamic analysis

Network monitoring

Security & privacy

Cloud/VM technologies

AI/ML awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related field

Job description

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X Google will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore, and do not require Google's sponsorship of a visa.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
  
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• Experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience in Android system/app development and app dynamic analysis.
• Experience in network infrastructure, including implementing monitoring features that support different protocols.
  
• Experience working in the area of security, privacy, and cloud/virtual machine technologies.

Familiarity with AI/ML understanding or agent-powered systems and their associated safety threats.

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.

Our team's mission is protecting billions of Android users from abusive apps, including malware, content abuse, impersonation, and behavioral abuse. We develop products and services to ensure a safe and high quality experience for users of Android apps across the Android ecosystem. We also protect Google's brand and business. Our work spans our production infrastructure and novel research (publishing in security conferences). Our efforts sit in the areas such as supervised/unsupervised ML and generative AI for detecting content, privacy, and security violations, static program analysis of multiple languages used by Android apps, dynamic program analysis on secure environments in both real devices and Virtual Machines (VMs), enhancing and automating reverse-engineering and threat mitigation, and agentic AI threat models and defense.Android is Google’s mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more. We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.

Responsibilities

• Develop and scale virtualized and physical device-based analysis platforms for large-scale app execution and monitoring.
  
• Write system-level code to perform deep inspection and instrumentation of apps while defeating evasion techniques.
• Lead design reviews and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to architect defense strategies for agentic AI threat models.
• Triage and resolve complex system issues by analyzing impacts on hardware, network, and service 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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