staff Security Engineer tech_leadership 8+ yrs · Posted May 21, 2026
$207,000 – $301,000
USD per year

About this role

Google is hiring a staff-level Security Engineer based in New York City, NY | Kirkland, WA | Raleigh, NC | Durham, NC. The posting calls out experience with Networking, Security, GCP, Distributed Systems and roughly 8+ years of relevant work. Compensation is listed at $207,000–$301,000 per year.

Role
Security Engineer
Function
security
Level
staff
Track
Tech leadership
Employment
Full-time
Location
New York City, NY | Kirkland, WA | Raleigh, NC | Durham, NC
Experience
8+ years
Posted
May 21, 2026
AI Summary
Staff-level Security Engineer protecting Google's infrastructure through security assessments, code reviews, and vulnerability testing. Requires 8 years in security engineering, network security, and coding; 3 years leading technical teams. Performs threat modeling, incident response, and works with product teams to embed security by design.

Job description

from Google careers

There's no such thing as a "safe system" - only safer systems. Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. As a Security Engineer, you help protect network boundaries, keep computer systems and network devices hardened against attacks and provide security services to protect highly sensitive data like passwords and customer information. Security Engineers work directly with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. You also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.

You use your industry experience to own and drive the resolution of complex security incidents, policy questions and technical security issues.

The Cloud CISO Security Engineering team within the Cloud CISO organization is responsible for helping ensure every product that Cloud ships is as secure as it can be and increasing the assurance levels of security in the infrastructure underlying all our products. This team also focuses on increasing the capabilities of each product team to develop more secure products by design and by default, from patterns, tools and frameworks to increasing the skill level of embedded security leads. As an information security engineer you will help to ensure that our software and systems are designed and implemented to the highest 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.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.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $301000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

  • Architect secure operational protocols and distributed systems from inception, embedding threat modeling and defensive design principles into the core engineering lifecycle.
  • Lead comprehensive security design reviews for business-critical infrastructure, balancing deep-dive tactical assessments with long-term strategic engineering engagements.
  • Review designs for vulnerabilities, both with one-time reviews and longer term engagements, using techniques including reverse engineering, fuzzing, and static analysis.
  • Scale solutions and influence cross-organizationally.
  • Respond to vulnerabilities with repos, mitigations, and hardening. Surface vulnerability patterns and design them out.

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
  • 8 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
  • 8 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
  • 3 years of experience leading teams in a technical capacity or leading technical risk analysis in an enterprise environment.

Preferred qualifications:

  • 5 years of experience in Network Security (i.e., network protocols, software-defined networking (SDN), Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), firewalls, or DNS security).
  • 5 years of experience in security testing and pen-testing.
  • Ability to consult and influence stakeholders.

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