Software Engineer, AI Agent Security

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Google seeks a software engineer for the Distributed Runtime Trust team to secure agent identities across environments. You will work on client runtimes and backend services to provision, govern, and attest identities in GCP and other environments. This role requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

Responsibilities include building scalable infrastructure, designing trust-enabled systems, and enabling the Agent Cloud ecosystem across distributed enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of software development experience or 1 year with an advanced degree.
• 2 years building large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or related compute/storage hardware.
• Experience with Google Cloud Platform or similar cloud technologies.
• Experience building large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Write product or system development code.
• Lead design reviews and collaborate with security and platform teams.
• Triage issues and debug across hardware, network, or service operations.
• Design scalable infrastructure establishing verifiable trust for AI agents.
• Develop backend orchestration to handle enrollment, identity provisioning, and token binding.

Skills

Software development

Distributed systems

Large-scale infrastructure

GCP

Compute/storage/hardware architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's or PhD in CS (preferred)

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
  


• 2 years of experience with software development or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree in an industry setting.


• 2 years of experience with developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage or hardware architecture.


• Experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.


• Experience with Google Cloud Platform or other similar cloud technologies.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
  


• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.


• Experience with GCP and Google enterprise infrastructure security.


• Experience developing accessible technologies.
  


• Familiarity with GenAI Agents and building secure infrastructure to support them across distributed, multi-cloud, or on-premise environments.

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.

As a Software Engineer on the Distributed Runtime Trust (DRT) team, you will have the opportunity of building the next generation, foundational infrastructure necessary to secure agent interactions across different environments. This is an emerging space with high customer impact and demand. You will work on both client-side runtimes and backend orchestration services to provision, govern, and attest agent identities across GCP and non-GCP environments. Your work will directly enable governed access between agents, tools, and services, acting as a critical catalyst to scale the agent ecosystem for Google Cloud. This position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

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.

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

US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Write product or system development code.


• Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies. Collaborate closely with cross-functional security and platform teams to unlock the Agent Cloud ecosystem for distributed enterprise environments.


• 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.
  


• Design and develop next generation foundational infrastructure that establish verifiable trust and identity for AI agents running in hybrid Cloud environments bridging the gap between managed and off-premise infrastructure.


• Develop scalable backend orchestration services to handle runtime enrollment, agent identity provisioning, and token binding.