Senior Software Engineer, Security and Privacy, Workspace
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Senior Software Engineer, Security and Privacy, Workspace
174,000–253,000 / Year
Location
Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Experience
Senior
Posted
Jul 18, 2026
Apply by
August 17, 2026
Applicants
0
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Job Description
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. Experience in cloud security, security engineering, threat detection, or incident response. Preferred qualifications: Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field. 5 years of experience with data structures and algorithms. 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role. Experience developing accessible technologies. Experience in AI Security and DevAI or good security fundamentals.
About the job Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google’s needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward. The Gmail Security team is responsible for keeping Gmail users safe (and to a smaller extent, all Workspace users) from security and abuse threats. Our goal is ensuring that users consider Gmail a trustworthy platform where they are encouraged and empowered to communicate without having to worry about threats from malicious actors across the ecosystem. We accomplish this not just by collaborating with horizontal teams and implementing their top-down security-related guidance and mandates, but also by leveraging our own product-specific domain knowledge to embed security and trust from the ground up.AI will change the future of work in profound ways, and our products— Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Sheets, Vids and Meet are at the forefront. From pre-computed summaries for email threads, summaries for meetings, and videos created from a document using lifelike AI avatars, our AI opportunity is huge. Our mission is to meaningfully connect people so they can create, build, and grow together and as part of the team you can build how productivity tools should work 5-10 years into the future. You will work with model builders (Google DeepMind), work with exceptional leaders, and have the ability to impact billions of users across the world. Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $174000 - $253000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities Write and test product or system development code. Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies. 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. Own the improvement, hardening, modernization and maintenance of critical security mechanisms such as Keystore, RPC Security Policy, BCID, etc. Triage and address externally and internally reported vulnerabilities, prioritize and reduce backlog of existing vulnerabilities. Partner with teams across workspace to ensure they are fixed before major PR incidents. When possible, strive to fix whole classes of vulnerabilities rather than mitigating a single instance. Improve processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Write and test product or system development code.
- Participate in or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders.
- Triage product or system issues and debug or track them.
- Own the improvement, hardening, modernization, and maintenance of critical security mechanisms.
- Triage and address externally and internally reported vulnerabilities.
- Partner with teams across workspace to ensure vulnerabilities are fixed before major PR incidents.
- Improve processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
Skills Required
Software developmentData privacySecurity engineeringCloud securityThreat detectionIncident responseIdentity and access managementSoftware design and architectureLeadershipCollaborationProblem solvingData structures and algorithmsAI SecurityDevAIAccessible technologiesTechnical leadership
Benefits
- 15% bonus target
- Equity
- Benefits
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