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Principal Engineer, Memory Safety and Agentic Modernization

Google

Location

Seattle, WA

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/15/2026

Compensation

$307,000 - $427,000 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202698.4% approval-14% YoY
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Job description

As a Principal Engineer for Memory Safety and Agentic Modernization at Google, you will be the technical authority for the virtualization memory safety strategy and AI-driven coding practices. Your main focus will be on transitioning the virtualization stack from C/C++ to Rust to enhance security and resilience. You will lead migrations across a large compute fleet while ensuring performance and reliability for enterprise workloads. Additionally, you will collaborate with AI teams to develop automated coding tools and methodologies.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
  • 15 years of professional software development experience, or 13 years with an advanced degree
  • Experience architecting and developing low-level systems software such as operating systems, kernels, or compilers
  • Experience with Rust, C, and C++

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architectural strategy and technical execution for migrating the virtualization stack.
  • Partner with internal AI engineering teams to design and deploy agentic coding tools and methodologies.
  • Drive the systems security roadmap targeting critical data plane and control plane services for memory-safe transformation.
  • Integrate formal methods and theorem-proving platforms to ensure program correctness.
  • Serve as the dedicated single point of contact and technical leader for Rust and agentic coding across the organization.

Benefits

  • Employees at Google are often offered benefits like comprehensive health insurance, 401(k) matching, and flexible work arrangements, among other benefits.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Google Llc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

908

FY2026

Approval rate

98.4%

FY2026

LCA certified

4,273

FY2026

Entry-level share

0.6%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-14%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-51%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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