Software Engineer III, Cloud Security
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Google's Software Engineer III, Cloud Security in Zurich seeks engineers who blend strong software development with data privacy and security expertise. Minimum qualifications: a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience, two years of software development in one or more languages (or one year with an advanced degree), and two years building software for data privacy or security such as identity and access management. Preferred qualifications include a Master’s or PhD, two years in a complex matrixed organization, solid data structures and algorithms, accessibility experience, building security tooling, and familiarity with static or dynamic analysis. Responsibilities cover writing code, leading design reviews, reviewing peers, updating documentation, and triaging issues. To apply, tailor your resume to highlight security tooling, IAM, privacy work, large-scale systems, and measurable impact, and prepare to discuss cross-functional collaboration and end-to-end ownership for Google Cloud security at scale, onsite in Zurich.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
- 2 years of experience building software for data privacy or security (e.g., identity and access management).
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
- 2 years of experience of working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
- 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
- Experience developing accessible technologies.
- Experience building security tooling.
- Experience in static analysis or dynamic analysis.
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.
In this role, with your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.
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
- Write product or system development code.
- Participate in, or lead design reviews with peers and stakeholders to decide amongst available technologies.
- Review code developed by other developers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
- Contribute to existing documentation or educational content and adapt content based on product/program updates and user feedback.
- 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.