Senior Access Transparency Engineer – Cloud Security

Google; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's Access Transparency team seeks a Software Engineer III in Chicago, IL to advance the platform that audibly logs privileged access across Google Cloud Platform. This role focuses on building scalable backend systems and contributing to cross-team projects in a fast-paced environment.

The position emphasizes mentoring, problem-solving, and ownership of critical features in Go, C++, and Java, with opportunities to influence security and compliance at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience building and managing distributed software systems and infrastructure.
• Experience with cloud computing, backend and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Implement and test features within the AI automation platform, utilizing advanced agentic frameworks to support the autonomous generation and validation of AXT annotations and configuration for service teams.
• Design, implement, and test scalable systems, build solutions capable of handling petabytes of data to help ensure security and compliance for all GCP services.
• Write high-quality code, produce clean, maintainable, and well-tested code primarily in Go, C++ and Java, or similar languages.
• Benefit from the expertise and guidance of experienced team members, maximizing your potential at Google.
• Partner with other teams to ensure GCP products.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud computing

Backend development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or PhD

Tools

Python

C

C++

Java

JavaScript

Job description

Google's Access Transparency team seeks a Software Engineer III in Chicago, IL to advance the platform that audibly logs privileged access across Google Cloud Platform. This role focuses on building scalable backend systems and contributing to cross-team projects in a fast-paced environment.

The position emphasizes mentoring, problem-solving, and ownership of critical features in Go, C++, and Java, with opportunities to influence security and compliance at scale.