Principal Engineer, Infrastructure Trust & AI Security

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 307,000 - 427,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a highly independent Principal Engineer to architect resilient distributed platforms and bridge physical and logical security across Google's core infrastructure. You will guide technical strategies to guarantee system integrity while enabling untrusted environments to host critical assets, including AI models, and protecting third‑party data.

Grounded in foundational security, you will influence cross‑functional partners, navigate executive stakeholders, and lead teams through

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 15 years of experience as a software engineering leader.
• Experience with technical innovation within cross-functional engineering environments.
• Experience in data center security, networking security, hardware security, or operating system security.
• Preferred: master’s/PhD in CS and proven inter-team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the paradigm shift to securely deploy workloads in untrusted environments.
• Define isolation and verification frameworks for safe execution at scale.
• Design defensive architectures addressing sophisticated AI-driven threats.
• Address multi-cloud risks and secure AI training/inference infrastructure.
• Guide and structure a team of technical leads across security domains.

Skills

Software engineering leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Security architecture

Data center security

Hardware security

Security in untrusted environments

Executive stakeholder influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science

Job description

Google is seeking a highly independent Principal Engineer to architect resilient distributed platforms and bridge physical and logical security across Google's core infrastructure. You will guide technical strategies to guarantee system integrity while enabling untrusted environments to host critical assets, including AI models, and protecting third‑party data.

Grounded in foundational security, you will influence cross‑functional partners, navigate executive stakeholders, and lead teams through