Staff Software Engineer, Cloud and Third-Party Platform Security

United States Digital Space LLC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Singapore is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the newly formed Cloud and Third Party Security team. The ideal candidate will possess extensive programming experience and a strong background in software security and engineering practices.

You will play a leading role in developing scalable systems to identify and remediate security gaps, while also mentoring junior engineers. The position involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure technical excellence and high-quality deliverables.

The company is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience programming in Java, Python, Golang, C++, or equivalent codebases.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the software engineering roadmap to meet risk reduction goals.
• Collaborate with cross-functional roles to deploy systems/products.
• Mentor and help grow software engineers.

Skills

Programming in Java, Python, Golang, C++

Software design and architecture

Testing and launching software products

Security awareness in software

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s degree or PhD in relevant field

Job description

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

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in Java, Python, Golang, C++, or equivalent codebases.
• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience building software for data privacy or security (e.g., identity and access management).
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience growing engineering sites or large communities, with a commitment to fostering high-trust and high-performing team cultures.
• Experience in security domains, particularly in cloud infrastructure and third-party security controls.
• Proficiency in Go or Python, with a proven track record of designing and evolving distributed systems that handle global-scale data with high availability and security.
• Ability to influence global, executive stakeholders and drive technical alignment across differnet organizations and geographies.

About the job

the company'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 the company’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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

As the Staff Software Engineer for the newly formed Software Engineering team within the Cloud and Third Party Security team in Singapore, you will be a foundational lead for our new, high-impact Software Engineering team. You will leverage your software development expertise to build scalable, high-quality systems and products to identify, measure and remediate security gaps in Alphabet's usage of public cloud infrastructure, third-party vendors and SaaS. You will act as a technical lead to mentor and help grow software engineers, working cross-functionally with stakeholders across the company to enable achieving our risk reduction goals.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the Cloud and Third-Party Security technical outlook and software engineering roadmap to meet risk reduction goals by resolving ambiguous technical problems, identifying future work, and ensuring technical excellence and manageable complexity.
• Implement improvements to the overall quality and maintainability of engineering efforts within the Cloud and Third Party Security domain, using data and technical judgment to prioritize targeted investments.
• Collaborate with various cross-functional roles (e.g., Security Engineers, Technical Solutions Consultants, Technical Program Managers) to establish requirements and deploy systems/products that facilitate the rollout of controls to prevent or mitigate the risk of undermanaged Cloud and third-party vendor usage.
• Build and cultivate a high-performing engineering culture through technical mentorship and engineering excellence.

the company 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 the company'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.