Senior Security Engineer, Trust and Safety, Cloud, Workspace

Google; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life, and disa

401(k) with company match

20 days paid vacation per year

Sick time 40 hours/year

Maternity Leave 28-30 weeks

Baby Bonding Leave 18 weeks

13 paid holidays per year

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to advance the security of Workspace accounts within the Cloud and Workspace teams. You will drive threat modeling, design reviews, and architect agentic defense tools to protect Google’s users and developers against evolving threats.

You will lead vulnerability research, collaborate with product engineering, and mentor junior engineers while delivering customer-facing security tools that empower clients to secure their environments and respond to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent is required.
• 5 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
• 5 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
• 5 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
• 1 year of experience leading teams in a technical capacity or leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive Technical Strategy and Threat Modeling for Workspace account security.
• Lead vulnerability research and adversarial simulation to expose account takeover techniques.
• Build agentic defense systems and simulators to autonomously detect and mitigate threats.
• Co-Develop customer-facing security tools to help Workspace and Google Cloud customers monitor and secure environments.
• Lead incident mitigation and develop long-term fixes in collaboration with product engineering teams.

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Senior Security Engineer, Trust and Safety, Cloud, Workspace

Google

Kirkland, WA, USA

Mid

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees.

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
• 5 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
• 5 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
• 1 year of experience leading teams in a technical capacity or leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.

Preferred qualifications:

• Core Security Experience: 5 years of experience in security engineering, threat modeling, and application security.
• Identity and Auth Expertise: Deep expertise in account security mechanisms, identity and access management (IAM), and modern authentication standards (e.g., OAuth 2.0, OIDC, FIDO/Passkeys, SAML).
• Agentic AI and LLMs: Demonstrated experience building or deploying AI agents, LLMs, or agentic workflows for security automation, threat detection, or user-facing product features.
• Vulnerability Discovery: Proven track record of identifying novel security vulnerabilities (e.g., threat research, bug bounties, security advisories) and implementing systemic engineering fixes.

About the job

Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. Security Engineers work with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. In this role, you will also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.

As a Senior Security Engineer within the Workspace Account Security and Integrity team, you will drive the technical strategy to defend Workspace accounts and protect the Google Workspace and Cloud customers against advanced and evolving threats. Operating at the frontier of account security, adversarial analysis, and agentic AI, you will lead in-depth searchs into account vulnerabilities and pioneer the next generation of automated defense tools.

In this role, you will not only identify and patch critical vulnerabilities but also architect novel, customer-facing agentic systems that empower Google Workspace and Cloud customers to defend their own environments. You will provide strong technical leadership, collaborate closely with product engineering and threat intelligence teams, and mentor junior engineers to scale the defensive capabilities.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $174000 - $252000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Drive Technical Strategy and Threat Modeling: Drive the technical strategy and threat modeling for Workspace account security, identifying systemic weaknesses in authentication, recovery, and API integration paths.
• Lead Vulnerability Research: Lead vulnerability research and adversarial simulation to expose novel account takeover (ATO) and Made for Abuse (MFA) techniques.
• Build Agentic Defense Systems: Design and build advanced agentic systems, debugging tools, and simulators to autonomously detect, analyze, and mitigate complex account security threats.
• Co-Develop Customer-Facing Security Tools: Architect and deploy customer-facing agentic tools that empower Workspace and Google Cloud customers to proactively monitor and secure their own environments.
• Lead Incident Mitigation: Lead the investigation of high-severity account security incidents, developing robust, long-term mitigations and patches in collaboration with product engineering teams.

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