Senior Security Engineer, Google Cloud
Google · Kirkland, WA
$174,000–$253,000from the description
Jul 9, 2026
Kirkland, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A security engineering role focused on Google Cloud's Looker product, responsible for reviewing compliance requirements across regulatory frameworks, conducting design reviews, and building security automation and secure-by-default frameworks. The position involves partnering with central security teams to embed security throughout the software development lifecycle, as well as supporting incident and vulnerability response. Suits engineers with a background in security assessments, compliance, and coding.
Senior level · 5+ years · Sunnyvale, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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 (6)
The role is posted for two locations — Sunnyvale, CA and Kirkland, WA — with candidates choosing their preferred site; Sunnyvale is listed first and used as the primary metro.
The JD requires 5 years of coding experience in one or more general-purpose languages but names no specific language; no named-technology skill was emitted per extraction rules, but this is a hard gate.
The 1-year technical team leadership requirement is a role-level gate with no named technology, so it is captured in the overall years minimum context rather than as a skill.
Cloud Security (2 years) appears under Preferred qualifications, so it is marked preferred despite having a specific year count.
The role blends security engineering (design reviews, threat modeling, compliance) with some software/automation development (security automation, secure-by-default frameworks); 15-1252 Software Developers is noted as a plausible runner-up given the coding and automation responsibilities.
Compensation is $174,000–$253,000/year plus a 15% bonus target and equity, as stated in the posting.
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