Staff Software Engineer, Security/Privacy
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Google seeks a Staff Software Engineer in Security/Privacy for the Internal Developer Platform in Zürich, onsite and full time. The role demands deep software security expertise, 8+ years in security‑focused development, 5+ years shipping large‑scale products, and 5+ years building software for data privacy or security, plus experience with distributed systems. Preferred: advanced degree and strong leadership in cross‑functional, matrix environments, plus solid data structures and algorithms. You will lead high‑impact work, mentor engineers, align teams on goals and timelines, and shape IDP security architecture to scale in the AI era, including Agentic Security initiatives. Apply by highlighting security architecture impact and cross‑team delivery with concrete results.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in software development with specialization in security
- 5 years of experience launching and operating large-scale software products.
- 5 years of experience building software for data privacy or security domains.
- Experience building and managing distributed software systems and infrastructure.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
- 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
- 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
- Knowledge of secure design and engineering principles.
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 your role as a Software Security Engineer for the Internal Developer Platform (IDP), used to build and operate Google products at scale, you will oversee platform security architecture and guide its evolution in the AI era. You will coordinate closely with IDP engineering teams and Google security teams to ensure finding solutions taking into account existing security requirements and practices. You will be enhancing team capabilities by mentoring and training engineers, helping to scale security knowledge and close existing expertise gaps. You will be leveraging your deep understanding of internal infrastructure, you will challenge the status quo to establish practical operational frameworks with central security teams, driving velocity rather than impediment. Furthermore, you will lead IDP Agentic Security initiatives to protect against risks from autonomous AI.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects.
- Influence and coach a distributed team of engineers.
- Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams on goals, outcomes, and timelines.
- Manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables.
- Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance large scale software solutions.