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In this role, your technical leadership and architectural influence will extend across Product Areas (PAs), partnering across Platforms & Devices (P&D) and Android Platform, and with Google Play, DeepMind (GDM), Core Security, and Google-wide AI Safety councils.\nThis role requires a rare combination of visionary strategic architecture and technical depth. You will establish a 3-5+ year technical trajectory, leading Google’s transition to Autonomous Defense, transforming safety systems from reactive classification into self-healing, adaptive security architectures capable of neutralizing polymorphic malware, content abuse, and fraud at ecosystem scale.\nFurthermore, as software architectures evolve toward agentic workflows, you will pioneer and define the architecture for \"Agentic Safety\" at Google. You will design foundational security guardrails, policy enforcement engines, sandboxed runtime environments, and protocol security for autonomous AI agents, tool-use protocols, and connected app ecosystems.\nReporting directly to the VP/GM of App and Ecosystem Trust, you will partner with engineering and product executives across Google to establish technical consensus, solve high-stakes platform safety challenges, and represent Google’s technical leadership across the global tech industry.\nIndividual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.US: $550,000 (USD) + 80% bonus target + equity + benefits\nLearn more about benefits at Google.\nResponsibilities\nDrive the structural transition to Autonomous Defense by applying state-of-the-art AI, foundation models, and adaptive security architectures. \nServe as the principal technical bridge between AET and broader Platforms & Devices, Android Platform, Google Play, GDM, Central Security, and Google Cloud.\nTranslate cutting-edge AI/ML and cybersecurity research into robust, high-throughput, production-grade defenses, balancing rapid threat containment with long-term platform resilience and simplicity.\nSponsor, coach, and elevate senior engineering talent (Staff, Senior Staff, and Principal Engineers) globally.\nRepresent Google with external industry consortia, academic institutions, standards bodies, and global regulatory/technical forums. 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