Staff Engineer, Agentic Access & AI Security

Socket.dev; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google’s Access Governance Platform (AGP) team seeks a seasoned software engineer to secure production environments and govern access to customer content. The role focuses on advancing AI safety, implementing enterprise-grade controls, and delivering scalable security solutions across Google Cloud.

Ideal candidates have extensive software development experience and strong background in security, access management, and system design.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of software development experience.
• 5 years building software for data privacy or security (e.g., IAM).
• 3 years of software design and architecture experience.

Responsibilities

• Pioneer the future of AI safety by designing next-generation architectures and security frameworks for autonomous agents.
• Translate strategy into roadmaps and mentor engineers to build, test, and deploy production services.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Security Architects, and partner Google Cloud teams to deliver cohesive access solutions.
• Align on platform roadmap strategy and navigate product lifecycle from concept to global launch.

Skills

Software development

Data privacy security

Software design & architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering/CS

Job description

Google’s Access Governance Platform (AGP) team seeks a seasoned software engineer to secure production environments and govern access to customer content. The role focuses on advancing AI safety, implementing enterprise-grade controls, and delivering scalable security solutions across Google Cloud.

Ideal candidates have extensive software development experience and strong background in security, access management, and system design.