Software Engineer II, Cloud and Third-Party Platform Security - Singapore

Job description

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.

Qualifications

Job responsibilities

• Execute well-scoped, tactical coding tasks, bug fixes, and feature enhancements within the scope of larger cloud security projects, under the guidance of executive team members.
• Write clean, well-tested, and high-quality code (changelist) that adheres to Google's engineering standards, actively seeking and incorporating feedback from reviews.
• Learn and apply team-specific and Google-wide engineering tools, processes, and workflows (e.g., Google3, Blaze, Piper) to familiar, pre-defined technical problems.
• Collaborate effectively with team members, sharing progress, seeking guidance, and escalating blockers appropriately to ensure project delivery.
• Contribute to shared team responsibilities, such as maintaining test suites, updating documentation, and participating in team meetings.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
• 1 year of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• 1 year of experience building and developing large-scale infrastructure or distributed systems.
  

Preferred qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Experience programming in Go or Python.
• Basic understanding of computer security principles, networks, or cloud concepts.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to extract relevant information from reading existing codebases.
• Excellent communication and people management skills, with a strong desire to collaborate and learn in a high-trust environment.