Senior AI Security Engineer – Cloud Security Leader

Google; United States; On-site; USD 174,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off 20 days/year

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, AI-Empowered Security, Cloud CISO, to help secure Google Cloud at scale. You’ll drive secure platform design and AI-enabled security capabilities across distributed systems, mentoring engineers and shaping roadmaps.

This role emphasizes leadership, cross-team collaboration, and hands-on security engineering across AI/ML infrastructure. Applicants should have strong Python/C++ skills, plus 5+ years in security engineering and AI/ML experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience programming in Python or C++.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• 2 years of experience in security engineering, focusing on infrastructure security, SDLC, threat modeling, or automated vulnerability discovery.
• 1 year of experience with AI/ML infrastructure (model deployment, evaluation, optimization, data processing, debugging).
• Experience designing AI-assisted tools or automation workflows to drive engineering efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale robust, secure platforms that automate security checks across Google Cloud’s developer pipeline and production systems.
• Design, optimize, and evaluate AI-driven security capabilities, leading AI opportunities across CCSE; including coding.
• Establish engineering and security standards for large-scale distributed systems, ensuring end-to-end security.
• Analyze and distill complex technical and security data to drive roadmap decisions.
• Provide technical leadership for multiple teams, vet system designs, and mentor engineers.

Skills

Python

C++

Security engineering

AI/ML infrastructure

Threat modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Google is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, AI-Empowered Security, Cloud CISO, to help secure Google Cloud at scale. You’ll drive secure platform design and AI-enabled security capabilities across distributed systems, mentoring engineers and shaping roadmaps.

This role emphasizes leadership, cross-team collaboration, and hands-on security engineering across AI/ML infrastructure. Applicants should have strong Python/C++ skills, plus 5+ years in security engineering and AI/ML experience.