Senior Staff PKI Architect — Production Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) with match

Paid time off 20 days

Sick leave 40 hours/year

Sick leave Seattle 69 hours

Maternity leave 28-30 weeks

Baby bonding leave 18 weeks

Paid holidays 13 days

Job summary

Google LLC seeks a Senior Staff Software Engineer for Production PKIS to architect and steward the PKI foundations across Google’s planetary-scale production environments. You will drive cryptographic identity, scoped authorization, and high-assurance trust boundaries with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes leading large-scale systems, influencing architecture, and coordinating with Security Leadership and Cloud Foundations to ensure robust security and reliability across production

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++.
• 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.

Responsibilities

• Define the overarching multi-year architectural blueprint across the domains to prevent technical fragmentation.
• Lead cross-domain design reviews and establish unified cryptographic and API design standards.
• Author and drive the 3-5 year technical goal for production identity and security mandates.
• Align stakeholders on priorities and drive cross-cutting technical consistency across sub-teams.
• Partner with Security Leadership, Cloud Foundations, Infrasec SRE, CorpEng, and Hardware Security teams to align security boundaries and roadmaps.
• Lead operational excellence, multi-region fault tolerance, automated key rotations, and disaster recovery readiness across all production services.

Skills

C++ programming

Design & architecture

Testing & launching software products

Cross-functional leadership

PKI expertise

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google LLC seeks a Senior Staff Software Engineer for Production PKIS to architect and steward the PKI foundations across Google’s planetary-scale production environments. You will drive cryptographic identity, scoped authorization, and high-assurance trust boundaries with cross-functional teams.

The role emphasizes leading large-scale systems, influencing architecture, and coordinating with Security Leadership and Cloud Foundations to ensure robust security and reliability across production