Senior Staff Software Architect – PKI & Identity

Google LLC; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 262,000 - 364,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life, disabled

401(k) with company match

Paid time off 20 days/year

Sick time 40 hours/year (Seattle 69)

Maternity leave 28-30 weeks

Baby bonding leave 18 weeks

13 paid holidays

Job summary

Google LLC in Kirkland, WA is seeking a senior software engineer with deep PKI and C++ expertise to advance Google's identity and security infrastructure. You will define multi-year architectural roadmaps, drive cross-team design reviews, and lead initiatives across distributed engineering groups.

Responsibilities include shaping production identity platforms, implementing post-quantum readiness, and aligning security mandates with pragmatic engineering roadmaps.

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.
• Author and drive the 3–5 year technical goal for production identity, anticipating industry shifts in post-quantum readiness, confidential computing, and agentic workflows.
• Align stakeholders on priorities, shared dependencies, and architectural best practices.
• Partner closely with Security Leadership, Cloud Foundations, Infrasec SRE, CorpEng, and Hardware Security teams to align security boundaries and platform roadmaps.
• Lead operational excellence, multi-region fault tolerance, automated key rotations, and disaster recovery readiness across all production services.

Skills

C++ programming

PKI

Identity architectures

Architectural design

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google LLC in Kirkland, WA is seeking a senior software engineer with deep PKI and C++ expertise to advance Google's identity and security infrastructure. You will define multi-year architectural roadmaps, drive cross-team design reviews, and lead initiatives across distributed engineering groups.

Responsibilities include shaping production identity platforms, implementing post-quantum readiness, and aligning security mandates with pragmatic engineering roadmaps.