Senior Software Engineer, Security/privacy, Google Cloud Security and Privacy

Google Google · Big Tech · Seattle, WA +1

This role is for a Senior Software Engineer on the Google Cloud Security and Privacy team. The engineer will be responsible for developing, testing, and maintaining software solutions related to security and data privacy within the Google Cloud platform. The role requires experience in programming languages like C++, Java, or Go, and a background in building software for data privacy or security. While AI/ML is mentioned as a broad area of interest for Google's technologies, this specific role focuses on security and privacy engineering within the cloud infrastructure, not on building or deploying AI models.

What you'd actually do

  1. Write and test product or system development code.
  2. Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
  3. Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
  4. Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
  5. 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.

Skills

Required

  • C++
  • Java
  • Go
  • software design
  • software architecture
  • data privacy
  • security

Nice to have

  • data structures
  • algorithms
  • technical leadership
  • accessible technologies

What the JD emphasized

  • 5 years of experience programming in C++, Java or Go.
  • 3 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
  • 3 years of experience building software for data privacy or security (e.g., identity and access management).