Staff Software Engineer, Security/privacy

Google Google · Big Tech · Zürich, Switzerland

Staff Software Engineer, Security/Privacy role focused on overseeing platform security architecture in the AI era, guiding its evolution, and leading IDP Agentic Security initiatives. The role involves coordinating with engineering and security teams, mentoring engineers, and establishing operational frameworks. It requires deep understanding of internal infrastructure and a focus on protecting against risks from autonomous AI.

What you'd actually do

  1. Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
  2. Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
  3. Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
  4. Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
  5. Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions.

Skills

Required

  • software development
  • security
  • launching and operating large-scale software products
  • building software for data privacy or security domains
  • building and managing distributed software systems and infrastructure

Nice to have

  • data structures and algorithms
  • technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction
  • working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects
  • secure design and engineering principles

What the JD emphasized

  • AI era
  • IDP Agentic Security initiatives