Staff Software Engineer - Search Abuse & Security

Google LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Mountain View is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Search Abuse team. You will analyze unauthorized access patterns, contribute to technical designs, sprint plans, and roadmaps, and help shape a high-performing, cross-functional engineering culture across sites.

This role emphasizes leadership in security-focused software development with opportunities to influence data privacy practices and system architecture at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience testing and launching software products.
• 5 years of experience building software for data privacy or security (e.g., identity and access management).
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Perform data analysis to understand unauthorized access patterns and potential solutions.
• Participate in technical designs, sprint planning, and roadmap discussions.
• Contribute to a positive team culture, including feedback to help the team iterate on team values and norms as we scale up, improving multi-site and cross-functional communication, and improving engineering processes.

Skills

Software development

Software testing

Security / data privacy

Software architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Google Mountain View is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Search Abuse team. You will analyze unauthorized access patterns, contribute to technical designs, sprint plans, and roadmaps, and help shape a high-performing, cross-functional engineering culture across sites.

This role emphasizes leadership in security-focused software development with opportunities to influence data privacy practices and system architecture at scale.