Google

Software Engineer, AI and Data Protection

Google$207K — $300K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development.
  • 5 years of experience with ML design and ML infrastructure.
  • Experience with distributed processing and large-scale data processing.
  • Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field (preferred).
  • 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms (preferred).
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role (preferred).

Responsibilities

  • Develop server code in C, Java, or Go for scalable content analysis.
  • Design novel algorithms to detect AI security risks and classify sensitive information.
  • Train, evaluate, and deploy ML/NLP models for token tagging tasks.
  • Build data mining and synthetic data generation pipelines for model training.
  • Collaborate with research teams on innovative ML/NLP solutions.

Benefits

  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • 401(k) with company match
  • 20 days of vacation accrued at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period
  • 40 hours sick time per year (69 hours in Seattle) with 5 discretionary sick days
  • 28-30 weeks maternity leave
  • 18 weeks baby bonding leave
  • 13 paid holidays per year
Full Job Description
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X In most instances, this position requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year


Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience in software development.
  • 5 years of experience with ML design and ML infrastructure (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine tuning).
  • Experience with distributed processing and large-scale data processing.

Preferred qualifications:
  • Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
  • 8 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
  • 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  • 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.


About the job

The AI and Data Protection team builds and operates the high-throughput, high-availability content analysis services that power Google's AI and data protection capabilities. Our technology is fundamental to Cloud Sensitive Data Protection (Cloud SDP), Gmail and Google Drive's Data Loss Prevention (DLP) systems, Gemini training data protection, inference protection with Model Armor, and a wide range of other Google products.

We develop the infrastructure, APIs, algorithms, and models that provide fast, scalable classification and redaction of sensitive information and AI content risks.

As a Software Engineer, you will contribute to high-impact initiatives to create and enhance our classification models, improve the reliability, efficiency, and performance of our AI security and content analysis engines. You will innovate and deliver end-to-end solutions that safeguard data for Google, as well as Google Cloud customers.

You will provide technical guidance to other engineers, and work closely with partner teams, cross-functionally and with customers.

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

Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities
  • Develop server code in C , Java or Go for content analysis with high availability at scale.
  • Develop novel algorithms for detecting AI security risks, classifying structured and unstructured sensitive information.
  • Train, evaluate, and productionize ML/Natural Language Processing (NLP) models for token tagging and payload classification tasks.
  • Develop data mining pipelines, synthetic data generation pipelines, and build datasets for training and evaluation.
  • Partner with research groups on developing innovative ML/NLP solutions.


About Google

Google is a multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. The company has grown tremendously since then and has become one of the most valuable companies in the world. Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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156,500 employees
Market Cap
$1,115.4 billion
Industry
Net Income
$40.2 billion
Founded
1998
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+23.3%
Revenue
$182.5 billion
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