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 this role, you will be a part of the User Protections team within the Privacy, Security, and Safety (PSS) organization in Core, working to keep users safe at scale. You will prevent Google from being used in the most severe, real-world harms by building end-to-end abuse intervention strategies and technologies deployed across Google’s flagship products to keep users safe on and off-platform within the User Protection Egregious Harms Protections team.

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

• Lead large-scale, cross-functional initiatives across different product areas to integrate centralized safety systems.

• Oversee the architectural integrity of high-scale distributed systems, ensuring they are privacy-sensitive, and capable of evolving with sophisticated abuse patterns.

• Set the bar for engineering standards across the site and drive initiatives that improve developer velocity, system reliability (SLOs), and operability.

• Mentor and sponsor tech leads, cultivating the next-generation of technical leaders in the Brazil engineering hub.

• Advise executive leadership and cross-functional partners (legal, policy, trust & safety) on technical capabilities and the impact of global regulations on our safety infrastructure.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

• 8 years of experience programming in C++.

• 5 years of experience testing, and launching software products.

• 5 years of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure, distributed systems or networks, or experience with compute technologies, storage, or hardware architecture.

• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.

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.