Senior Cloud Security Engineer - Data & Threat Intelligence

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Cloud Security Command Center. You will design, develop, test, and scale security-focused software that helps detect and prevent threats across Google Cloud.

The role requires hands-on coding in C++, Java, or Go, distributed systems experience, and a track record of shipping reliable software. You will mentor colleagues, influence architecture, and collaborate acrossSecurity and Cloud teams to deliver robust protections.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience programming in C++, Java or Go.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• 3 years of experience building software for data privacy or security (e.g., identity and access management).
• Experience in distributed computing.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
• Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
• Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
• Triage product or system issues and debug/track/resolve by analyzing the sources of issues and the impact on hardware, network, or service operations and quality.

Skills

C++

Java

Go

Distributed computing

Data privacy / security

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD

Job description

Google in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Cloud Security Command Center. You will design, develop, test, and scale security-focused software that helps detect and prevent threats across Google Cloud.

The role requires hands-on coding in C++, Java, or Go, distributed systems experience, and a track record of shipping reliable software. You will mentor colleagues, influence architecture, and collaborate acrossSecurity and Cloud teams to deliver robust protections.