Senior Staff Engineer, Security Defense Platforms

Google

8 - 10 years

Bengaluru

Posted: 22/06/2025

Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.
5 years of experience with design and architecture, and testing/launching software products.
Experience in developing security or privacy products.

Preferred qualifications:

Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
3 years of experience working in an organization involving cross-functional or cross-business projects.
Experience with multiple programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go, etc.) and with front-end languages (e.g., Angular, TypeScript, or JavaScript).
Experience in storage services (e.g., Spanner, MySQL, NoSQL systems).
Experience in technical leadership of software groups.

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.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

Security Defense Platforms (SDP) Organization is part of the Security Foundations Organization focusing on building and running products for security engineering. SDP is composed of multiple sub-organizations that span Bay-Area, New York, Zurich and Hyderabad.

The Endpoint Protection Platform team is a cross functional organization with the core mission of building products and infrastructure that enable industry-leading device security within Google Corp.

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

Provide technical direction to the entire Security Foundations domain across the Hyderabad site which has a comprehensive ecosystem, comprising Software Engineers, Security Engineers, Security Analysts, Product and Program Managers.
Provide leadership and oversight of all the engineering efforts.
Work with cross-functional leaders in the organization to ensure the right solution is designed, built and delivered.
Lead the execution against strategy for some critical projects and areas, partnering with the relevant engineering and cross-functional directors.
Set local engineering culture for engineers (e.g., lead design reviews for the local site) while ensuring good collaboration across sites.

About Company

Google is a multinational technology company founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. It is best known for its search engine but also develops products and services in areas like online advertising (Google Ads), cloud computing (Google Cloud), operating systems (Android, Chrome OS), web browsers (Chrome), and consumer electronics (Pixel devices, Nest). Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., its parent company formed in 2015. It plays a major role in shaping the internet, AI, and digital innovation globally.