Senior Software Engineer, Safe Coding

Google India; Singapore; On-site; SGD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Singapore is seeking an experienced engineer to join the Secure Coding and Product Security team. You will help anchor secure software supply chains and drive innovation across internal stakeholders and partners.

Ideal candidates bring multi‑year experience in software development, security, and architecture, with a track record of mentoring teams and delivering secure, scalable systems in a fast‑moving environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience building software for data privacy or security (e.g., identity and access management).
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
• 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example, driving engineering excellence across the team while actively mentoring and developing technical talent.
• Partner closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and Technical Program Managers to define, refine, and execute the team's goal, roadmap, and broader AI strategy.
• Stay ahead of the evolving agentic threat landscape and navigate a dynamic AI environment, leading fast-paced, creative problem-solving to address emerging and legacy technical challenges.
• Cultivate strong, actionable partnerships across internal stakeholders including Google's software supply chain integrity program and executive leadership as well as external industry leaders and academic partners.

Skills

Software development

Data privacy/security

Software testing

Software design & architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science

Job description

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

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 3 years of experience building software for data privacy or security (e.g., identity and access management).
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
• 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience in participating in open-source development, leading open-source projects, or projects with significant open source dependencies.
• Experience in building developer ecosystems, package managers, and build systems, with a proven track record of designing optimal workflows and driving cross-organizational partnerships.
• Knowledge of software supply chain security issues, vulnerability management, or related fields.

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. 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. Google's Product Security team is a global force of over 300 engineers in Zurich, Munich, Sunnyvale, Seattle, San Francisco and some other exciting places around the globe. Our mission is as critical as it gets: Keep Google products secure and their users safe. The Safe Coding team contributes to that mission by managing some of the biggest risks in software security. We innovate at scale by making secure coding effortless, for everyone. In this role, you will help anchor our Software Supply Chain security team and co-lead innovation at scale to make secure coding absolutely effortless for everyone. The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google's flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google's products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead by example, driving engineering excellence across the team while actively mentoring and developing technical talent.
• Partner closely with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, and Technical Program Managers (T/PgMs) to define, refine, and execute the team's goal, roadmap, and broader AI strategy.
• Stay ahead of the evolving agentic threat landscape and navigate a dynamic AI environment, leading fast-paced, creative problem-solving to address emerging and legacy technical challenges.
• Cultivate strong, actionable partnerships across internal stakeholders including Google's software supply chain integrity program and executive leadership as well as external industry leaders and academic partners.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.