Software Engineer III, Core Security
Chicago, IL, USA · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- 2 years in each of the stated programming, coding and system design, and code optimization requirements.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Builds and scales a dynamic authorization platform that protects Google infrastructure and users by enforcing privileged-access policies.
What you'll do
- Design new access controls with security teams and scale the policy engine to address growth and emerging threats.
- Manage tools for analyzing and visualizing the effects of access-policy changes before production.
- Partner with SREs and user-facing teams to improve platform reliability and help resolve access challenges.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of programming experience in Java.
- 2 years of experience in coding and system design with one or more programming languages.
- 2 years of experience with code optimization.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Experience with general-purpose programming languages, or understanding of security and privacy issues.
Pay
$147000 - $210000 (USD) base salary; 15% bonus target (USD amount not stated)
Tools
Java, C/C++, Python, Go, SQL/NoSQL/NewSQL
AI focus
Adapting access controls to agentic traffic; no other AI work is stated.
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