Staff Security Engineer Manager
Google · Kirkland, WA
$207,000–$301,000from the description
Jul 16, 2026
Kirkland, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A engineering management role focused on software security across Google Cloud Platform, leading teams of security and software engineers to find and eliminate vulnerabilities at scale. The work centers on building and directing AI/ML-driven pipelines for vulnerability identification, triage, and remediation, while shaping the broader security roadmap for cloud products. Suited to a seasoned security engineer with substantial people-management experience and deep technical grounding in software and cloud security.
Senior level · 8+ years · Sunnyvale, CA · Full-time
Advertised as Staff, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 20 people in the Sunnyvale, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 6–35
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $298,074 (middle half $224,695–$326,567). 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 (8)
The title 'Staff Security Engineer Manager' combines a people-management mandate (manage, hire, lead teams; 5+ years managing engineers required) with a Staff-level IC framing — the primary day-to-day work is managing security engineering teams, so 11-3021 is the best fit; 15-1212 is the runner-up given the deep hands-on security domain requirements.
Advertised as 'Staff' in the title, but the actual scope (managing one security engineering team within Google Cloud) and the 8-year experience floor are consistent with a Senior-level role on a normal career ladder; 'Staff' here appears to be Google's internal leveling language rather than a cross-team technical authority role.
The JD accepts 'equivalent practical experience' in lieu of a Bachelor's degree, so the degree requirement is set to None.
Coding experience (8 years, one or more general-purpose languages) is a hard gate but names no specific language; it is captured under the role-level experience requirement rather than as a named-technology skill.
AI/ML, cloud security, vulnerability assessment, and GCP appear exclusively under 'Preferred qualifications' and are marked accordingly.
Compensation is stated as $207,000–$301,000/year plus a 20% bonus target and equity; the bonus and equity are not reflected in the min/max figures, which capture base salary only.
Multiple work locations are offered (Sunnyvale CA, Kirkland WA, New York NY); Sunnyvale is listed first and is used as the primary CBSA.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): engineering management.
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