
Staff Security Engineer, Trust and Safety Intel Security Engineering
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The Staff Security Engineer will lead detection and response for severe GenAI-related security incidents affecting external users, customers, and the public. The role serves as an AI security subject-matter expert, builds cross-Google relationships, and supports operational intelligence on emerging cybersecurity and frontier AI risks. It also develops tools and pipelines to surface and analyze risk signals and mobilizes stakeholders to mitigate risks.
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info_outline 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:
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Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
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8 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
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8 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security and security protocols.
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8 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
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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 about benefits at Google. 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.
Information collected and processed as part of your Google Careers profile, and any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Google's Applicant and Candidate Privacy Policy. 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 also Google's EEO Policy, Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal, Belonging at Google, and How we hire. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form. 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. To all recruitment agencies: Google does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Google employees, or any other organization location. Google is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. 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.
How this job compares
Set against the 1,036 open Security Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$207–300K/yr
- US median$174–260K/yr872 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $254K, is 16% above the US median midpoint ($219K) — in the middle half of Security Engineering salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 19 open Security Engineering jobs in Washington, D.C. and 1,036 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Security Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years at the median (857 postings).
- Education
- 181 of the 1,036 open Security Engineering jobs (17%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 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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