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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Production PKIS

Google
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Kirkland, WA; Sunnyvale, CA$262k - $364k + equityfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Staff Software Engineer responsible for production PKI infrastructure at Google, leading multi-year architectural initiatives across domains, shaping cryptographic and identity platforms, and driving cross-team security, reliability, and scalability.

Responsibilities

  • Define the overarching multi-year architectural blueprint across the domains to prevent technical fragmentation. Lead cross-domain design reviews, establish unified cryptographic and API design standards, and resolve complex architectural trade-offs across sub-teams.
  • Author and drive the 3–5 year technical goal for production identity, anticipating industry shifts in post-quantum readiness, confidential computing, and agentic workflows. Translate enterprise-wide security mandates into actionable roadmaps.
  • Align stakeholders on priorities, shared dependencies, and architectural best practices. Guide specialized working groups to drive cross-cutting technical consistency across sub-teams.
  • Partner with Security Leadership, Cloud Foundations, Infrasec SRE, CorpEng, and Hardware Security teams to align security boundaries and platform roadmaps.
  • Lead operational excellence, multi-region fault tolerance, automated key rotations, and disaster recovery readiness across all production services.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8 years of experience programming in C++.
  • 5 years of experience with design and architecture; and testing/launching software products.

Skills

Required:C++ programmingDesign and architecture of large-scale systems
Nice to have:Cross-domain architectural leadershipPublic Key Infrastructure (PKI)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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