Senior Security Engineer, Product Security Engineering, Cloud CISO at Google
Kirkland, WA
$174,000–$253,000from the description
Jul 20, 2026
Kirkland, WA
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A security engineering role focused on identifying and eliminating vulnerabilities across Google Cloud products and shared infrastructure. Day-to-day work involves conducting security assessments, threat modeling, code reviews, and building scalable mitigations and hardening strategies, while also guiding product engineering teams toward more secure design practices. Suits engineers with a background in both hands-on security testing and coding who are comfortable influencing cross-functional teams.
Senior level · 5+ years · Sunnyvale, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 95 people in the Sunnyvale, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 40–170
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $179,993 (middle half $128,832–$221,179). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role requires 5 years of coding experience in one or more general-purpose languages as a hard gate, but no specific language is named — no concrete technology skill was emitted for this requirement.
The posting lists multiple locations (Sunnyvale CA, Kirkland WA, New York NY, Seattle WA); Sunnyvale is listed first and is the primary CBSA used here.
Compensation is $174,000–$253,000/year plus a 15% bonus target and equity; the bonus and equity are not reflected in the min/max figures.
The degree requirement accepts 'equivalent practical experience' in lieu of a Bachelor's degree, so no minimum degree is flagged.
The alt SOC (15-1252 Software Developers) reflects the meaningful coding/engineering component of the role; however, the primary day-to-day work is security assessment, vulnerability management, and threat modeling, making 15-1212 the better fit.
The posting's own framing labels this a 'Mid' experience level, but the title says 'Senior' and the requirements (5+ years, threat modeling, security design reviews, vulnerability management) support a Senior classification.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): security engineering.
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