Security Engineer Technical Lead, Identity

Google is seeking a Security Engineer Technical Lead for their Identity team, a crucial role that manages identity risks across Alphabet's ecosystem. This position involves overseeing how Google handles authentication, access control, and identity verification across corporate, production, and cloud environments. The role combines technical leadership with hands-on security engineering, requiring expertise in identity management, security principles, and enterprise-scale systems.

The position sits within Google's Core team, which builds the technical foundation behind Google's flagship products. As a Technical Lead, you'll be responsible for driving security strategy around Identity and Account Lifecycle Management, working with physical security tokens, badges, trusted platform modules, single sign-on, and biometrics. You'll collaborate with teams across Google, including hardware development, external standards bodies, and major vendors.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of coding experience in languages like Python, Java, or Go, combined with extensive enterprise security engineering experience. You'll need strong leadership skills to guide teams, influence stakeholders, and drive risk decisions at the VP level. The role offers competitive compensation ($197,000-$291,000 + bonus + equity) and the opportunity to impact security decisions across one of the world's leading tech companies.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the security landscape at Google, protecting both employee and user data while driving innovation in identity and access management. You'll work from either Kirkland, WA or Sunnyvale, CA, contributing to critical security infrastructure that affects every Googler's daily experience while defending against sophisticated security threats.