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Staff Security Engineer, Trust and Safety Intel Security Engineering

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Compensation
$207–300K/yr
Location
Washington D.C., DC
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Staff Security Engineer leads detection and response for severe GenAI-related security incidents affecting third-party users, customers, and the public. The role serves as an AI security subject matter expert, builds cross-Google relationships to address risks, and improves incident readiness through playbooks, escalation processes, detection coverage, and exercises. It also develops tools and pipelines to surface and analyze security signals and deliver actionable intelligence.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Security AssessmentsSecurity Design ReviewsThreat ModelingSecurity EngineeringComputer SecurityNetwork SecuritySecurity ProtocolsCodingApplications SecurityIncident ResponseProduct RemediationProblem-SolvingCritical ThinkingAttention to Detail

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Practical Experience8 Years Security Assessments or Design Reviews or Threat Modeling8 Years Security Engineering and Security Protocols8 Years Coding Experience3 Years Technical Leadership or Enterprise Risk AnalysisEnglish Proficiency

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

Staff Security Engineer, Trust and Safety Intel Security Engineering

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XIn accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:

  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance

  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match

  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment

  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance

  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks

  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks

  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Seattle, WA, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA .

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:

  • 8 years of experience working in a security field such as applications security, network security, or incident response.

  • Experience working with product teams to remediate identified issues.

  • Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills with attention to detail in an ever-changing environment.

About the job

Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. Security Engineers work with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. In this role, you will also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.

The Senior Security Engineer, Trust and Safety (T&S) Intel Security Engineering leads detection & response for severe GenAI-related security incidents impacting third-party users, customers, and the general public. In this role, you will serve as a subject matter expert for AI Security within T&S, and will develop deep cross-Google relationships to ensure risk transparency and to mobilize effective prioritization, mitigation, and resolution of AI security risks. Outside of active incidents, they will work to improve D&R readiness, including building and maintaining playbooks and escallation processes, ensuring appropriate detection coverage, and exercising incident management processes through tabletop exercises.

You will also support T&S's Operational Intelligence lifecycle for AI security-related issues, with a focus on emerging cybersecurity and frontier AI risks. You'll be responsible for designing and/or developing tools and pipelines to surface risk signals, and will drive the detection, enrichment, and analysis of those signals to deliver actionable intelligence to internal stakeholders.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $207000 - $300000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .

Responsibilities

  • Drive T&S Intel's Detection & Response functions, including pre-incident preparedness activities, cross-Google development of relationships, playbooks, and escalation procedures, and process improvement.

  • Support urgent detection & response for critical AI security issues impacting external users, developers, and the general public, including on-call incident management during business hours.

  • Support T&S Intel with security subject-matter expertise. Develop tools, processes, and signal sources supporting detection, enrichment, and analysis of security-related issues, especially focused on risks related to GenAI products.

  • Inform and mobilize decision makers and other stakeholders to catalyze systemic risk mitigation and enhance transparency.

  • Lead communications between internal and external stakeholders to ensure the safety of our users, coordinate responsible voluntary and/or mandatory disclosures, and drive long-term risk reduction.

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Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .

If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form (https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2) .

Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.

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Equity is granted exclusively and discretionarily by Alphabet Inc. on the basis of an agreement concluded between you and Alphabet Inc. Alphabet Inc. is your sole contractual partner with respect to equity grants. GSU grants are not guaranteed, are discretionary, are subject to approval by the Alphabet Inc. board of directors or its delegate, the terms of the relevant Alphabet Inc. stock plan, and your grant agreement. They have no impact on statutory payments. Current or past grants do not confer an acquired right.

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 https://careers.google.com/eeo/ and https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/OFCCP_EEO_Post.pdf If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form: https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2.

How this job compares

Set against the 3,984 open Security Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$207–300K/yr
  • Washington, D.C. median$140–207K/yr84 salary ranges
  • US median$130–208K/yr3,242 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $254K, is 51% above the Washington, D.C. median midpoint ($168K) — in the top quarter of Security Engineer salary ranges in Washington, D.C..

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 113 open Security Engineer jobs in Washington, D.C. and 3,984 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Washington, D.C.
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Security Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,446 postings).
Education
1,534 of the 3,984 open Security Engineer jobs (39%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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