Principal Technical Analyst, Messages Spam and Abuse

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in data analysis, including identifying trends, generating summary statistics, and drawing insights from quantitative and qualitative data.
• 7 years of experience in managing projects and defining project scope, goals, and deliverables.
• Experience with Messaging (xMS/RCS) or SIM/Phone Number fraud and abuse.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 12 years of experience working in Messaging (xMS/RCS) anti-abuse domain with focus on signal analysis, model development, data analysis, cyber security.
• Experience in development of policy and enforcement models focused on actor/behavior level strategy to identify and prevent harmful patterns of behaviour.
• Experience with end to end encrypted communication products in a technical capacity to prevent fraud and abuse.
• Experience with one or more languages: SQL, Python, Golang.
• Experience in development of privacy and safety-focused product design protections.

About the job

In this role, you will work globally and cross-functionally with Google Engineers and Product Managers to navigate challenging online safety situations and work on abuse and fraud.
At Google we work hard to earn our users' trust every day. Trust & Safety is Google's team of abuse fighting and user trust experts working daily to make the internet a safer place. We partner with teams across Google to deliver bold solutions in abuse areas such as malware, spam and account hijacking. A diverse team of Analysts, Policy Specialists, Engineers, and Program Managers, we work to reduce risk and fight abuse across all of Google's products, protecting our users, advertisers, and publishers across the globe in over 40 languages.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $165,000-$248,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google .

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional teams to design and build anti-abuse protections leveraging reputation at all levels.
• Analyze emerging trends, conduct data analyses and identify new signals to develop solutions for scaled enforcement.
• Lead projects to productionize ML models, heuristic rules and measure system/model reliability.
• Advise on counter-abuse strategies based on changing industry norms. Create awareness of threats and educate clients on emerging abuse trends.
• Influence development of safer by design product features.