The Staff Software Engineer for the Detection and Response Platform at Google will focus on building systems and products that enable Security Engineers to prevent, detect, investigate, and respond to security threats. This role is critical for enhancing Google's security capabilities and requires a creative approach to software engineering. The team aims to develop flexible systems that stay ahead of sophisticated adversaries. Engineers will work on large-scale distributed systems and contribute to the overall security infrastructure of Google.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++ or Go.
• 5 years of experience with design and architecture, and testing/launching software products.
• Experience architecting, designing, and developing large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience designing or deploying distributed data processing systems such as Spanner, BigQuery, or PostgreSQL.
• Experience designing, developing, and deploying generative AI agents or large language model applications.

• Provide technical leadership for one of the largest data ingestion and processing platforms at Alphabet.
• Drive latency reduction, improve service level objectives, and reduce manual intervention through automation.
• Provide oversight and guidance to executive engineers.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to serve the Detection and Response Platform organization.

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