As a security and compliance engineer within the Developer Launchpad organization, you will provide technical leadership for security and compliance across a multi-product portfolio generating nearly $1B in business, including Apigee, Colab, and specialized Machine Learning (ML) applications. You will orchestrate the transition to an AI-Driven development lifecycle (AI-DLC), ensuring that security is a foundational attribute of the scaling agent platforms and developer tools. You will serve as the primary technical authority for cross-product security strategy, identifying systemic risks and driving architectural remediations that safeguard the mature and foundational platforms.
The Google Cloud AI Research team addresses AI challenges motivated by Google Cloud’s mission of bringing AI to tech, healthcare, finance, retail and many other industries. We work on a range of unique problems focused on research topics that maximize scientific and real-world impact, aiming to push the state-of-the-art in AI and share findings with the broader research community. We also collaborate with product teams to bring innovations to real-world impact that benefits our customers.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $174,000-$252,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
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Responsibilities
- Act as the primary technical authority on security and compliance for the organization. You will oversee early product development, from product requirements documents (PRD) onward, to identify and mitigate both security and compliance risks, ensure that the services meet the highest standards.
- Proactively identify and surface upcoming product security risks to the centralized Security and Compliance (S&C) programs for prioritization. Lead the engineering efforts to achieve and maintain all necessary compliance certifications.
- Define the technical architecture, design, and implementation details for critical security solutions and features. Implement and verify key compliance controls such as CMEK, AXT, DRZ etc.
- Apply your deep product expertise to support the resolution of complex security vulnerabilities (e.g., NTK/VRP) and ensure that all organizational policies for compliance are enforced.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
- 3 years of experience building software for data privacy or security (e.g., identity and access management).
- 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products.
- 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
- 5 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
- 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
- Experience developing accessible technologies.