Software Engineer, Open Source Security

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
  
• 2 years of experience with data structures or algorithms.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Experience with open source software development.
• Experience in software development working with one or more of the following languages: Python, C, C++, Java, Go.
• Knowledge of security engineering, computer and network security, authentication, security protocols, and applied cryptography.

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.

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Responsibilities

• Work with external partners and the open-source community.
• Develop tools and services to sign and verify software artifacts.
  
• Design and develop integrations with securing software package repositories.
  
• Improve signing transparency by implementing transparency log research.
  
• Advocate for open source security best practices.