Senior Staff Technical Leader, Google SecOps
Sunnyvale, CA, USA · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- 8 years in software development; 8 years with general-purpose programming languages; 2 years with GenAI techniques or related concepts. Preferred: 8 years with data structures and algorithms; 5 years in technical leadership; 3 years in a complex, matrixed organization.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Preferred: Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
About the job
Leads the evolution of Google SecOps’ data platform to support AI agents in an autonomous security operations center, improving its architecture, scale, and reliability.
What you'll do
- Prototype and evaluate architectural options for the next-generation data platform, and implement improvements to simplify and scale it.
- Drive platform scale and reliability work, using SIEM expertise and customer feedback to identify and deliver solutions.
- Mentor engineers, write documentation, conduct code reviews, and share technical knowledge.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of software development experience focused on scalable distributed systems, data pipelines, and real-time streaming and batch processing systems.
- 8 years of experience with one or more general-purpose programming languages, including Java, C/C++, or Python.
- 2 years of experience with GenAI techniques or related concepts, such as LLMs, multimodal systems, large vision models, language modeling, or computer vision.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Experience in technical leadership, data structures and algorithms, and cross-functional work in a complex, matrixed organization.
Pay
$262000 - $364000 (USD) base salary
Tools
Java, C/C++, Python, LLMs
AI focus
Build and evolve a data platform for AI SOC agents and an autonomous agentic SOC; the role requires experience with GenAI techniques or related concepts.
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