Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Security & Privacy

Google; United States; On-site; USD 174,000 - 252,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Google Cloud Security and Privacy in Sunnyvale, CA. You will develop, test, and optimize security-focused software, collaborating across teams to decide among technologies and to improve system robustness.

The role emphasizes design reviews, high-quality code, production readiness, and contributing to security literature and documentation. The position targets mid-level engineers capable of leading critical, scalable features.

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.
• 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

Data privacy security

Distributed computing

Security software development

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Google is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Google Cloud Security and Privacy in Sunnyvale, CA. You will develop, test, and optimize security-focused software, collaborating across teams to decide among technologies and to improve system robustness.

The role emphasizes design reviews, high-quality code, production readiness, and contributing to security literature and documentation. The position targets mid-level engineers capable of leading critical, scalable features.