Senior AI Security Engineer - Fraud & Abuse Platform

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 262,000 - 364,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Sick time

Maternity leave

Baby bonding leave

Paid holidays

Job summary

Google Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer specializing in AI-powered fraud and abuse security. You will architect and scale secure platforms across Google Cloud's developer pipelines, guiding multiple teams and aligning security with ML-driven solutions.

The role emphasizes leadership, end-to-end security, and the ability to turn ambiguous problems into concrete roadmaps, with a focus on AI-assisted tools and security controls for large-scale distributed systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, C++, Java).
• 5 years of experience designing, building, and testing large-scale distributed systems or infrastructure services.
• 1 year of experience with AI/ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, optimization, data processing, debugging).
• Experience leading project teams, defining technical roadmaps, and setting engineering standards.
• Experience in designing and evaluating AI-assisted tools or automation workflows.

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 the identification of AI opportunities across fraud and abuse engineering including direct coding and model architecture.
• Establish engineering and security standards for large-scale distributed systems, ensuring robust end-to-end security.
• Analyze and distill complex technical and security data to drive key organizational decisions and roadmap prioritization.
• Provide technical leadership for multiple teams, vet system designs, and mentor executive engineers to help them grow into technical leaders in AI and security.

Skills

Python

Go

C++

Java

Distributed systems

AI/ML infrastructure

Technical leadership

Security engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Job description

Google Sunnyvale, CA, is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer specializing in AI-powered fraud and abuse security. You will architect and scale secure platforms across Google Cloud's developer pipelines, guiding multiple teams and aligning security with ML-driven solutions.

The role emphasizes leadership, end-to-end security, and the ability to turn ambiguous problems into concrete roadmaps, with a focus on AI-assisted tools and security controls for large-scale distributed systems.