Staff Software Engineering Manager, Security Data Foundations
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 30, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 28, 2026. Google scores B on the Alion truth index.
About the job
Like Google's own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer goes beyond just Search. Software Engineering Managers have not only the technical expertise to take on and provide technical leadership to major projects, but also manage a team of Engineers. You not only optimize your own code but make sure Engineers are able to optimize theirs. As a Software Engineering Manager you manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. Teams work all across the company, in areas such as information retrieval, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, security, data compression, user interface design; the list goes on and is growing every day. Operating with scale and speed, our exceptional software engineers are just getting started -- and as a manager, you guide the way.
With technical and leadership expertise, you manage engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget and oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites internationally.
At Google's scale, our security approach requires constant innovation to keep all our customers safe. Our team utilizes the latest AI advances to ensure cloud products meet the highest security standards, discover novel vulnerabilities across billions of lines of code, and automate fixing issues before they reach production.
Security Data Foundations is a new team within CCSE that ensures the data used for security evaluation and decision making across Cloud is reliable, meets a high quality bar, and evolves with changing security landscape. You'll have the opportunity to set the direction for this function in partnership with product security leaders across Google Cloud.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
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
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Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers and TPMs responsible for Cloud CISO's product security-related data.
- Define and drive the technical vision, strategy, and roadmap for the team, aligning with Cloud CISO's goals.
- Drive the adoption of advanced GenAI/LLM patterns to improve the accuracy and reliability of our data, and velocity of execution.
- Partner with Cloud CISO leadership, product security engineers, and operations teams to understand data needs, define requirements, and deliver robust solutions.
- Establish and enforce best practices for data quality, governance, and security.
Qualifications
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience programming in C++, Java or Go.
- 3 years of experience building software for data privacy or security (e.g., identity and access management).
- 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
- 2 years of experience in a people management or team leadership role.
- Experience designing and implementing distributed systems.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
- 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization.