Senior Software Engineer, Chrome iOS, Security

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, and with data structures/algorithms.
• 3 years of experience testing, maintaining and/or launching software products, and 1 year of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience in security-focused software engineering.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 3 years of experience building software for data privacy or security (e.g., identity and access management).
• 1 year of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Expereince in programming language safety and semantics, operating system security, and/or platform security.
• Experience developing for the open web platform and knowledge of x86_64 and/or arm64 assembly languages.
• Familiarity with macOS or iOS operating system internals (XNU, launchd, Mach IPC/XPC).

About the job

Google's software engineers develop the next-generation technologies that change how billions of users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. Our products need to handle information at massive scale, and extend well beyond web search. We're looking for engineers who bring fresh ideas from all areas, including information retrieval, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking and data storage, security, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, UI design and mobile; the list goes on and is growing every day. As a software engineer, you will work on a specific project critical to Google's needs with opportunities to switch teams and projects as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve. We need our engineers to be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full-stack as we continue to push technology forward.

With your technical expertise you will manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables. You will design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, and enhance software solutions.

The Chrome Security team aims to create the safest browser for a trusted web, through well-reasoned defenses, smart investments, and visible leadership. As part of that mission, we ensure Chrome makes the best possible use of the security feature of every platform it runs on.

Our work often involves large-scale engineering projects and significant collaboration between teams within Chrome, Google, and even cross companies. The work we do typically affects many stakeholders with a variety of sometimes conflicting interests, so we strive to provide the greatest possible safety for the people who depend on Chrome and Chromium.

Chrome OS delivers quality computing at scale to provide universal and unfettered access to information, entertainment, and tools. Our mission is to empower anyone to create and access information freely through fast, secure, simple, and intelligent computing.

Additional Information
(Colorado only*) Minimum full-time salary range between $142,000 - $153,000 bonus equity benefits. *Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085 (8-5-20) of the minimum salary compensation for this role when being hired into our offices in Colorado.

Responsibilities

• Identify areas for improving the security of Chrome on Mac OS and iOS.
• Stay informed on changes to underlying operating systems to take advantage of software security mitigation.
• Work with Chrome feature teams to develop sandboxes for their components.
• Perform security reviews for Chrome features.
• Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).