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Engineering Analyst, Trust and Safety, Chrome Extensions Security

Google

  • Kirkland, WA
  • 30+ days ago
  • Full-time
  • Employee
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Skills

  • Algorithmsunmatched
  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
  • Automationunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Computer Scienceunmatched
  • Cross-Functionalunmatched
  • Customer/Client Researchunmatched
  • Detail Orientedunmatched
  • Dynamic Analysisunmatched
  • Ecosystemsunmatched
  • Employee Benefitsunmatched
  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)unmatched
  • Google Appsunmatched
  • Google Chrome Browserunmatched
  • Google Search Engineunmatched
  • Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
  • Internet Applicationunmatched
  • Internet Securityunmatched
  • JavaScriptunmatched
  • Machine Learningunmatched
  • Malwareunmatched
  • Mathematicsunmatched
  • Mentoringunmatched
  • Mobile Applicationsunmatched
  • Modeling Languagesunmatched
  • Operations Researchunmatched
  • PHP Scripting Language (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor)unmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Process Improvementunmatched
  • Product Lifecycleunmatched
  • Programming Languagesunmatched
  • Project/Program Managementunmatched
  • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
  • Qualitative Analysisunmatched
  • Quantitative Analysisunmatched
  • R Programming Languageunmatched
  • Reverse Engineeringunmatched
  • Risk Managementunmatched
  • SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
  • State Laws and Regulationsunmatched
  • Static Analysisunmatched
  • Statisticsunmatched
  • Team Playerunmatched
  • Training/Teachingunmatched
  • Web Analyticsunmatched
  • Web Browsersunmatched

Description

In accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
  • Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
  • Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
  • Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
  • Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
  • Holidays: 13 paid days per year

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience in building or reverse engineering JavaScript, PHP, mobile/web applications.
  • Experience with quantitative and qualitative analysis, using languages like SQL and Python.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, quantitative or quantitative discipline (e.g., Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Operations Research, etc.).
  • Experience in cybersecurity principles and practices.
  • Experience with static and dynamic analysis of malicious binaries.
  • Knowledge of one or more of the following areas: statistical analysis and machine learning libraries (e.g., R, TensorFlow), programming languages (e.g., Python), Large Language Models (LLMs) or applied AI.
  • Familiarity with the development lifecycle and security considerations specific to browser extensions or similar technologies.
  • Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills with attention to detail in an ever-changing environment.

About the job

Trust & Safety team members are tasked with identifying and taking on the biggest problems that challenge the safety and integrity of our products. They use technical know-how, excellent problem-solving skills, user insights, and proactive communication to protect users and our partners from abuse across Google products like Search, Maps, Gmail, and Google Ads. On this team, you're a big-picture thinker and strategic team-player with a passion for doing what’s right. You work globally and cross-functionally with Google engineers and product managers to identify and fight abuse and fraud cases at Google speed - with urgency. And you take pride in knowing that every day you are working hard to promote trust in Google and ensuring the highest levels of user safety.

As a Security and Applied AI Analyst for the Chrome Web Store and Extensions Security team, you will leverage your domain expertise to perform technical investigations, uncover abuse vectors and techniques, and use your combined problem-solving and strategic acumen to improve our protection protocols and evolve them into scalable, AI driven systems. You will collaborate closely with engineering and product partners to identify threats, mitigate risks, and launch new protection mechanisms to help make the Chrome platform ecosystem the safest in the world. You will deploy solutions, both algorithmic and operational which will enable Google to identify and flag abuse more easily, more effectively, and at scale.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 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.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $132000 - $190000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefitsLearn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct investigations to catch harmful and abusive behavior and actors, enforce our product policies, learn abuse patterns, and establish ground truth data to train automated systems.
  • Reverse engineer potentially harmful extensions (written in JavaScript) to understand their operations and impact on the Chrome ecosystem.
  • Design AI-powered and automated solutions that enable scalable identification of malware, spam, and other harmful extensions.
  • Collaborate with other teams to develop and deploy new detection methods and signals, train and mentor a large team of security reviewers.
  • Enhance operational workflows via AI integration, process improvements, and identifying automation opportunities.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

Numbers & Facts

LocationKirkland, WA
Job TypeFull-time, Employee
IndustryComputer Software
Company Size10,000 employees or more
Year Founded1998
Websitehttps://goo.gle/4dbno6V

Benefits

Paid Sick Days, Performance Bonus, Professional Development, 401K, Stock Options, Employee Events, Retirement / Pension Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Work From Home, Life Insurance, On Site Cafeteria

About Company

Build for everyone

Since our founding in 1998, Google has grown by leaps and bounds. Starting from two computer science students in a university dorm room, we now have thousands of employees and offices around the world. These Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe.

It starts with how we work together. We’re building a company where people of different views, backgrounds and experiences can do their best work and show up for one another. A place where every Googler feels like they belong.

So whether you develop new technology or creative campaigns, craft beautiful products or breakthrough partnerships, your work here is a chance to accomplish things that matter. Bring your insight, imagination, and healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.

Benefits

We strive to provide Googlers and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits are based on data, and centered around our users: Googlers and their families. They’re thoughtfully designed to enhance your health and wellbeing, and generous enough to make it easy for you to take good care of yourself (now, and in the future). So we can build for everyone, together.

Learn more about Google’s benefits on this site featuring Googlers’ experience.

How we Hire

Google’s hiring process is an important part of our culture. Googlers care deeply about their teams and the people who make them up. In order to  build for everyone, we know that we need a wide range of perspectives and experiences, and a fair hiring process is the first step in getting there.

Learn more about our hiring process.

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