GenAI Senior Security Engineer, Red Team

Google; Seattle, Austin (WA, TX); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Holidays

Job summary

Google LLC seeks a GenAI Senior Security Engineer to lead offensive red-team work across Frontier Generative AI products. You will design multi-stage adversarial tests, assess exploitability, and translate results into risk insights for product and security teams.

The role requires 5+ years in security assessments, red team operations, Python scripting, and a strong AI safety background. Some extended hours may be needed to support critical assessments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
• 5 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
• 5 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
• 1 year of experience leading teams in a technical capacity or leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead red-teaming exercises across Generative AI models, product surfaces, and autonomous agents to uncover novel cyber misuse capabilities, jailbreaks, and emerging security risks, conducting some volume of red teaming for Frontier Safety risks or content safety as needed.
• Design and execute adversarial cyber testing strategies—including evaluating exploit and malware development uplift, vulnerability discovery, phishing/data exfiltration enablement, and multi-stage cyber kill chains.
• Employ technical cyber grading rubrics/safety and security/safety policies to determine effectiveness of attacks and validate testing strategies. Provide technical guidance, baseline grading, and quality oversight for specialized external red-teaming vendors and extended workforce teams.
• Analyze, reproduce, and validate testing results, assessing real-world exploitability and capability uplift severity.
• Synthesize technical findings into risk insights and data-driven narratives for cross-functional stakeholders.

Skills

Security assessments

Security design reviews

Threat modeling

Security engineering

Security protocols

Python coding

Lead / leadership

Red team / offensive security

AI safety / frontier safety

General purpose programming

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Python

General purpose languages

Job description

GenAI Senior Security Engineer, Red Team

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X In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Seattle, WA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
• 5 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
• 5 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
• 1 year of experience leading teams in a technical capacity or leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with offensive security and red team operations- including exploit/malware analysis, vulnerability research, or bug bounty programs (VRPs)- and experience evaluating or stress-testing Generative AI models, LLM agents, or AI/ML systems (e.g., prompt injection, jailbreaking techniques, sandbox escapes, and AI safety principles).
• Experience writing Python code in production or testing environments to automate security assessments, develop testing harnesses, or build exploit proof-of-concepts.
• Background in threat intelligence, anti-abuse engineering, or cyber kill-chain analysis- analyzing emerging threat landscapes and developing proactive strategies to mitigate evolving cyber misuse risks.

About the job

Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. Security Engineers work with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. In this role, you will also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.

As a Generative AI Senior Security Engineer on the Content Adversarial Red Team (CART) who is part of a broader cross-team collaborative effort focused on frontier safety, you will lead offensive cyber misuse red teaming across Google's Frontier Generative AI products. You will design and execute sophisticated adversarial evaluations covering multi-stage cyber kill chains, exploit and malware generation, security control bypasses, and indirect prompt injection (IPI). Partnering closely with cross-function stakeholders and within Responsible AI (RAI) Testing teams, you will translate test results into reports and findings that protect users and potential targets of cyber misuse attacks.

Note: This role will review graphic, controversial, and offensive content in line with Google's user policies. This role may also require occasional extended hours, including night or weekend work.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits.

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• Lead red-teaming exercises across Generative AI models, product surfaces, and autonomous agents to uncover novel cyber misuse capabilities, jailbreaks, and emerging security risks, conducting some volume of red teaming for Frontier Safety risks or content safety as needed.
• Design and execute adversarial cyber testing strategies—including evaluating exploit and malware development uplift, vulnerability discovery, phishing/data exfiltration enablement, and multi-stage cyber kill chains.
• Employ technical cyber grading rubrics/safety and security/safety policies to determine effectiveness of attacks and validate testing strategies. Provide technical guidance, baseline grading, and quality oversight for specialized external red-teaming vendors and extended workforce teams.
• Analyze, reproduce, and validate testing results, assessing real-world exploitability and capability uplift severity.
• Synthesize technical findings into risk insights and data-driven narratives for cross-functional stakeholders.

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