20 hours ago
Waterloo, CanadaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Decode adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures to protect the Google Ads ecosystem from evolving attacks.
- Build innovative defensive solutions that protect billions of users and improve ad ecosystem safety.
- Investigate datasets to identify patterns, anomalies, threat campaigns, and systemic vulnerabilities.
- Collaborate with software engineers and cross-functional teams including Ads Quality, Trust and Safety, GBO, YouTube, and Google Play.
- Translate complex technical findings into actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders and partner teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related security field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 2 years of experience in security engineering, threat intelligence, trust and safety, or a related abuse-fighting field.
- Experience with Python, Go, C++, or Java.
- Experience with data analysis, SQL, and investigating datasets to uncover patterns or anomalies.
- Preferred: master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field.
- Preferred: experience with machine learning models and ML techniques for classification or anomaly detection.
- Preferred: experience leading cross-functional investigations, attributing threat campaigns, or discovering systemic vulnerabilities.
- Preferred: understanding of adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures and intelligence frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, STIX, and Diamond Model.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to explain complex technical findings to non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits
- Canada compensation is CAD 150000–153000 plus a 15% bonus target, equity, and benefits.
- The role offers opportunities to collaborate with Google Research, DeepMind, Ads Quality, Trust and Safety, YouTube, and Google Play teams.
- The work protects billions of users and supports the development of large-scale advertising technology.
About Google
Google builds consumer and enterprise software and services including Search, Android, YouTube, Chrome, Maps, Gmail, and Google Cloud. Its business model centers on digital advertising and paid cloud, software, and hardware offerings (e.g., Pixel and Nest) for consumers, developers, and organizations. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Google operates globally as a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.