Senior Staff Software Engineer, Platforms Security

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

Job summary

Google is hiring software engineers to advance security firmware and software that power critical infrastructure. You will lead hardware security initiatives, design secure architectures, and work across teams to deploy trusted cores of trust in data center silicon and firmware.

You will also contribute to standards and mentor engineers while delivering high-impact projects. Join a team that drives secure, scalable systems at Google, shaping open-source initiatives and ensuring robust

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of software development experience.
• 7 years of experience with embedded operating systems.
• 5 years in design/architecture and testing/launching software products.
• Experience with Embedded Systems, Security Standards and C, C++, and Rust.

Responsibilities

• Drive hardware security strategy across Google's fleet and integrate Roots of Trust.
• Co-design secure architectures with hardware teams for security chips and BIOS/OS kernels.
• Connect bare-metal/RTOS systems with fleet-wide cryptographic services and CA operations.
• Represent Google in hardware security ecosystems and standard bodies.
• Mentor junior engineers and raise engineering standards with CI/CD and testing.

Skills

Embedded Systems

Security Standards

C/C++/Rust

Job description

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 7 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.
• 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.
• Experience with Embedded Systems, Security Standards and C, C++, and Rust.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 7 years of experience working with embedded operating systems.
• 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.
• Experience with Embedded Systems, Security Standards and C, C++, and Rust.

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures/algorithms.
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
• Experience in Cryptographic Algorithms, and Hardware Design.

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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

Defend the security firmware and hardware foundation of the world’s most critical infrastructure.

The Platforms Security team engineers the hardware and firmware roots of trust that defend Google’s fleet against sophisticated, nation-state threats. As part of our team, you will:

• Build the foundational layer: Design and deploy authenticated Roots of Trust and trusted execution environments directly into data center silicon and hardware.
• Engineer resilience at scale: Push cutting-edge firmware, driver innovations, and real-time reliability platforms across millions of machines.
• Shape industry standards: Represent Google as a technical authority within premier open-source initiatives like OpenTitan, Caliptra, and OCP.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We’re the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

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

US: $262000 - $364000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

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• Drive technical strategy for hardware security across Google's fleet, leading transitions to open-source Roots of Trust (Caliptra, OpenTitan) and Post-Quantum Cryptography readiness.
• Co-design secure architectures with hardware teams, deploying critical software, firmware, and utilities for custom security chips, BIOS, and OS kernels.
• Connect bare-metal/RTOS systems (Rust/C, SPI, I2C) with fleet-wide cryptographic services, including CA operations, attestation, and credential binding.
• Represent Google in the hardware security ecosystem, driving community roadmaps and implementations for standards like OpenTitan, Caliptra, and TPM.
• Guide distributed teams through complex, high-impact deliverables from conception to deployment. Elevate engineering standards through modern CI/CD, automated hardware-in-the-loop testing, cross-functional alignment, and proactive mentorship of junior and mid-level engineers.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .