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Senior Software Engineer, Information Security Engineering

Google develops next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another.
Security
Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Cybersecurity

Description For Senior Software Engineer, Information Security Engineering

Google's Information Security Engineering team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Core team focused on security and reliability. This role is part of the organization that aims to make it easy for Google, Alphabet and the world to ship secure products and keep users safe. The team focuses on security research and mitigations, including threats at the boundary between Security and Reliability to prevent multi-region critical disruption to Alphabet infrastructure and services.

As a member of the Core team, you'll be responsible for building the technical foundation behind Google's flagship products, working on underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure. The role involves reviewing and developing secure operational practices, conducting security reviews, researching vulnerabilities, and collaborating across teams to implement solutions.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of software development experience with strong knowledge of data structures/algorithms and security engineering. You'll need excellent communication skills and the ability to work across organizational boundaries, as you'll be influencing without direct authority. The role offers opportunities to impact critical technical decisions across Google while working on challenging security and reliability problems at massive scale.

This position is based in Munich, Germany and requires working with global teams to protect Google's infrastructure and users. You'll be part of an organization that values technical excellence, innovation, and collaboration while working on security challenges that affect billions of users worldwide.

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Responsibilities For Senior Software Engineer, Information Security Engineering

  • Review and develop secure operational practices, and provide security guidance for engineers and support staff
  • Review designs and look for vulnerabilities, both with one-time reviews and longer term engagements
  • Security and reliability reviews, research and reproduce vulnerabilities
  • Surface vulnerable patterns and propose design changes or mitigations to eliminate them
  • Prioritize across many issues in different domains and collaborate with teams across the company

Requirements For Senior Software Engineer, Information Security Engineering

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures/algorithms
  • 5 years of experience testing, maintaining, or launching software products
  • 1 year of experience with software design and architecture
  • 3 years of experience building software for data privacy or security

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