Software Engineer III, Access Transparency

About the role

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience building and managing distributed software systems and

infrastructure.

• Experience with cloud computing, backend and distributed systems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or related technical fields.
• 2 years of experience with software development in one or more programming

languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).

• A passion for technology and the ability to address challenging problems.

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.

The Access Transparency (AXT) team is foundational to customer trust in Google

Cloud Platform (GCP), ensuring every administrative access to user content is

justified, transparent, and compliant with critical global standards like US

Public Sector IL4/IL5/CJIS/ITAR and EU sovereignty P/R5.

Our mission is to engineer the future of cloud compliance by giving customers

definitive, auditable control over their data. We record and provide near

real-time logs of Google personnel access, allowing customers to verify that

privileged access occurs only for valid business reasons, such as fixing outages

or responding to support cases.

The AXT team is at the forefront of AI and automation within Cloud security,

developing an agentic automation platform to ensure all of GCP is compliant.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its

business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage

Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more

sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google

Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical

business problems.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills,

experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $147000 - $210000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google

[https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/].

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Implement and test features within the AI automation platform, utilizing

advanced agentic frameworks to support the autonomous generation and

validation of AXT annotations and configuration for service teams.

• Design, implement, and test scalable systems, build solutions capable of

handling petabytes of data to help ensure security and compliance for all GCP

services.

• Write high-quality code, produce clean, maintainable, and well-tested code

primarily in Go, C++ and Java, or similar languages.

• Benefit from the expertise and guidance of experienced team members,

maximizing your potential at Google.

• Partner with other teams to ensure GCP products.