AI Security Engineer
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
- 2 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
- 2 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience building or deploying automated tools (e.g., LLM-based agents) for security workflows such vulnerability discovery or threat modeling.
- Experience managing large-scale security improvements and collaborating with product teams to remediate technical issues.
- Proven expertise within a specific security field (e.g. AI, Web, Mobile).
About the job
Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. Security Engineers work with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. In this role, you will also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.
As a Security Engineer, you will help to ensure that our software and systems are designed and implemented to the security standards. You will perform technical security assessments, code reviews and vulnerability testing to highlight risk, helping Google teams and partners to improve security, and work on a wide variety of software designs and technology stacks. You will also work closely with other Google Engineers to design and build proactive methods to enhance our security posture. In addition, you will have the option to specialize or perform research in a number of varying fields.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $147,000-$211,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Analyze systems to identify vulnerabilities and opportunities for hardening, and report findings to stakeholders for mitigation.
- Develop specialized tools for security engineers to scale vulnerability identification and enhance the security posture of Google products, including AI agents.
- Promote quality security practices across the organization, influencing software engineers, immediate colleagues, and beyond Google.
- Perform rapid threat modeling of complex systems to quickly determine areas that warrant further investigation and security review.
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