Staff Software Engineer, Core

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in software development.
• 5 years of experience with software development in C++.
• Experience leading technical designs and making critical architectural decisions for systems with high security, reliability, and scalability requirements.
• Experience with Chromium based browsers, or other browser technology.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with Chromium internals, its architecture, security model, and experience contributing to its codebase, particularly for new OS integrations.
• Experience with the architecture and implementation of large-scale, distributed identity, authentication, and authorization platforms.
• Experience in systems-level development and security engineering for operating systems, including platform-specific security mechanisms.
• Expertise in threat modeling, security architecture design, and implementing robust defenses against sophisticated attack vectors.
• Proven success in leading the technical delivery of high-impact, cross-Product Area security initiatives from conception to launch.
  
  

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.

We prevent, contain, and detect scaled account compromise, creation, and abuse. We are one cross-functional team across Core User Protection and Trust & Safety.

The Core team builds the technical foundation behind Google’s flagship products. We are owners and advocates for the underlying design elements, developer platforms, product components, and infrastructure at Google. These are the essential building blocks for excellent, safe, and coherent experiences for our users and drive the pace of innovation for every developer. We look across Google’s products to build central solutions, break down technical barriers and strengthen existing systems. As the Core team, we have a mandate and a unique opportunity to impact important technical decisions across the company.

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical strategy and roadmap for expanding DBSC (Device Bound Session Credentials) to new platforms and user segments.
• Lead the end-to-end technical design and architecture of Device Bound Session Credentials across client-side and backend components, ensuring scalability and security.
• Own and direct the technical execution for Device Bound Session Credentials platform expansion, guiding the team through complex implementations and ensuring alignment across multiple Product Areas.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for Device Bound Session Credentials platform expansion, influencing stakeholders and collaborating closely with partners to proactively close session theft vulnerabilities.
• Implement engineering excellence and best practices within the Device Bound Session Credentials project, particularly for cross-platform development and integration, delivery timelines, reporting to senior leadership.
  
  
  

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