Software Engineer, AI-Empowered Security

Google; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance

401(k) with company match

20 days of vacation per year

Paid sick time

Maternity leave

Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Job summary

Google is looking for a Software Engineer based in Sunnyvale, CA. You will develop secure, scalable backend code and design APIs for developer-facing security tools. This role involves designing AI-based solutions and mentoring junior engineers.

The job offers a competitive salary range of $147,000 to $211,000 plus bonuses, equity, and comprehensive benefits. Ideal candidates will have software development experience and an understanding of security engineering.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
• 1 year of experience in security engineering or exposure to secure software practices.
• Experience developing accessible technologies preferred.

Responsibilities

• Writing secure and scalable backend code.
• Designing AI-based solutions for security assessments.
• Mentoring junior engineers.

Skills

Software development

Security engineering

Machine learning

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science

Tools

AI technologies

Cloud security tools

Job description

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

• Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
• Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
• Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
• Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
• Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Sunnyvale, CA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; New York, NY, USA.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
• 1 year of experience with one or more of the following: speech/audio (e.g., technology duplicating and responding to the human voice), reinforcement learning (e.g., sequential decision making), ML infrastructure, or specialization in another ML field.
• 1 year of experience in security engineering, or professional exposure to secure software development practices, vulnerability analysis, or infrastructure security basics

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience 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.

We build the systems that keep Google Cloud secure. At Google's scale, our security approach requires constant innovation to keep all our customers safe. Our team utilizes the latest AI advances to ensure cloud products meet the highest security standards, discover novel vulnerabilities across billions of lines of code, and automate fixing issues before they reach production. In this role, you will be transforming security into a seamless, automated part of every Google Cloud developer's workflow.

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 - $211000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefits

Responsibilities

• Write clean, secure, and scalable backend code and design robust APIs for developer-facing security tools.
• Design and deploy AI-based solutions and automated pipelines to accelerate security assessments and Google engineering workflows.
• Assess security of distributed systems designs and implement robust, automated guardrails to mitigate risks.
• Analyze system telemetry, security data, and workflows to identify gaps and implement durable, automated fixes.
• Drive project milestones, align stakeholders, and mentor junior engineers to support their technical and career growth.

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.