Software Engineer III, Security/Privacy

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience building software for data privacy or security (e.g., identity and access management).
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
• 2 years of experience in system security (e.g., Fuzzing, Hardening, Exploitation, Sandboxing, etc.).
• 2 years of experience in low-level software (e.g., Linux Kernel, Hypervisor, Firmware, etc.).
• Experience in C, Assembly, Go.
  
  

About the jobGoogle'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're on the front lines, defending Google and Alphabet against highly sophisticated adversaries.

As part of our security team, you will build cutting-edge Linux Kernel security features to protect Google and the wider open-source ecosystem. You'll proactively harden Linux kernels and workload isolation boundaries, using advanced fuzzing and vulnerability discovery techniques to stay ahead of the evolving threat landscape in collaboration with our security partners.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Build automated processes for handling and patching security bugs.
• Engage with the open source community to build features for hardening the kernel and eliminate classes of bugs (e.g. Address Space Isolation for hardware/CPU side channels).
• Actively find new bugs by continuous fuzzing and static analysis.
• Develop and deploy new hardening features.
• Help with making security decisions, reviewing new hardware and OS features for security flaws.
  
  
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .