Staff Security Engineer Manager, Cloud Abuse Security Engineering
Sunnyvale, CA, USA · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- 8 years in security assessments/design reviews/threat modeling; 8 years in security engineering and computer/network security; 8 years coding; 3 years of technical team leadership or enterprise technical risk analysis. Preferred: 10 years software development; 5 years technical leadership, including 3 years people management/team leadership.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads the Cloud Abuse Security Engineering team and its strategy for detecting, preventing, and mitigating abuse originating from Google Cloud.
What you'll do
- Manage, mentor, and develop a team of security engineers; define and execute the team’s technical roadmap.
- Guide research and engineering of scalable detection systems using network and host-level telemetry to identify malicious activity.
- Partner with Google Cloud and other teams, and oversee tools and infrastructure for processing abuse reports and threat intelligence.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience with security assessments, security design reviews, or threat modeling.
- 8 years of experience with security engineering, computer and network security, and security protocols; 8 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.
- 3 years of experience leading teams technically or leading enterprise technical risk analysis; experience in people management.
Nice to have
- 10 years of software development experience in one or more programming languages.
- 5 years in technical leadership overseeing strategic projects, including 3 years in people management, supervision, or team leadership; experience in abuse detection, network security, or threat intelligence.
Pay
$207000 - $300000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, C, C++, Java, Javascript
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