Software Engineer, Program Analysis, Mobile Threat Analysis Platform

Software Engineer, Program Analysis, Mobile Threat Analysis Platform Location: Mountain View, CA, USA

Experience Level: Mid

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Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience with software development in C++ or Python.
• Experience with program analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 2 years of experience with performance, large scale systems data analysis, visualization tools, or debugging.
• 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms in either an academic or industry setting.
• Experience with security or privacy.
• Experience with static or dynamic analysis.
• Experience with Android security or privacy.

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.

Our team builds security and privacy analysis infrastructure for Google Play and Android to detect malicious and abusive apps. Together with partner teams across Android, Ads, Chrome, Search and Cloud, we help Google protect users with safe experiences on our app platform and ecosystem.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of the team, which is responsible for building detection technologies to protect Android users from malware and abuse.

Android is Google's mobile operating system powering more than 3 billion devices worldwide. Android is about bringing computing to everyone in the world. We believe computing is a super power for good, enabling access to information, economic opportunity, productivity, connectivity between friends and family and more.

We think everyone in the world should have access to the best computing has to offer. We provide the platform for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and developers to build compelling computing devices (smartphones, tablets, TVs, wearables, etc) that run the best apps/services for everyone in the world.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

• US Salary Range: $147,000 - $210,000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Build automated runtime analysis platform at Google scale using cloud virtualization infrastructure.
• Build full-stack solutions including app instrumentation, networking, app crawling, anti-cloaking, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) where applicable, to build exceptional dynamic analysis-based detection and reverse-engineering solutions.
• Work broadly with security, privacy, and abuse engineering and product teams to land impact protecting Android and Play users against malware and all kinds of mobile threats.
• Design and build Google-scale automations to scan Android apps with dynamic analysis.
• Collaborate with other teams in the organization and Google to deliver impact.

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