
Staff Software Engineer, Search Abuse
Mountain View, CAJob$207–300K/yrSeen 1mo agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
Google’s Search team is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to build protections for the Search product family and address unauthorized access. The role focuses on implementing full-stack protections, analyzing access patterns, and contributing to technical design and planning. The engineer will work primarily in Java, with some JavaScript and C++, and help strengthen collaboration and engineering processes across teams.
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XIn most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.
In 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:
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Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
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Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
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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
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Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
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Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
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Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
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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: Mountain View, CA, USA; Cambridge, MA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA .
Minimum qualifications:
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Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
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8 years of experience in software development.
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5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.
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5 years of experience building software for data privacy or security (e.g., identity and access management).
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3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
Preferred qualifications:
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Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
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8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
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3 years of experience working in a structured organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
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3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
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Experience with anti-abuse or security using Google or industry-equivalent technologies and methodologies.
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 Google Search, we're reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you'll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.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
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Implement full-stack protections for the Search product family, primarily in Java with some JavaScript and C++.
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Perform data analysis to understand unauthorized access patterns and potential solutions.
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Participate in technical designs, sprint planning, and roadmap discussions.
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Contribute to a positive team culture, including feedback to help the team iterate on team values and norms as we scale up, improving multi-site and cross-functional communication, and improving engineering processes.
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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) .
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How this job compares
Set against the 34,952 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$207–300K/yr
- California median$165–247K/yr7,455 salary ranges
- US median$140–222K/yr28,140 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $254K, is 24% above the California median midpoint ($205K) — in the top quarter of Software Engineer salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 9,234 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 34,952 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 28,185 postings).
- Education
- 12,560 of the 34,952 open Software Engineer jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 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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