Senior Software Engineer, Google Cloud Security and Privacy

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 161,000 - 239,000; Full time

Job summary

Google's Cloud Security and Privacy team seeks a Senior Software Engineer in Sunnyvale, CA to build secure, scalable systems for Google Cloud services used by millions of customers worldwide.

You will design, develop, test, and deploy software, mentor junior engineers, participate in design reviews, and drive quality across product and infrastructure teams to advance security and privacy capabilities at scale. This role emphasizes collaboration and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of software development in C++, C, or Python with DS&A.
• 3 years testing, maintaining, or launching software; 1 year in design/architecture.
• 3 years building infrastructure, distributed systems, or compute/storage hardware.

Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Participate in or lead design reviews to select technologies.
• Review code and provide feedback on best practices.
• Contribute to documentation and educational content.
• Triage issues and diagnose impact on hardware, network, or service operations.

Skills

C++

C

Python

Data structures & algorithms

Software testing

Software design

Distributed systems

Infrastructure

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Google Cloud Security and Privacy

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Mid

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

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in C++, C, or Python; and with data structures/algorithms.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• 3 years of experience developing infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Experience in developing accessible technologies.

About the job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

In this role, you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $161,000-$239,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

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Responsibilities

• Write and test product or system development code.
• Participate in or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to select from the 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 or 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.

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