Software Engineer, Android App Security, Content Abuse

About the role

Google is hiring a software engineer for its Content Abuse team within Android App Safety Engineering. The team works on core software infrastructure and machine learning models to detect and enforce policies against malicious apps, a problem that requires technology and artificial intelligence. Engineers work on a specific project critical to Google's needs, with opportunities to move between teams and projects as the business grows.

Key responsibilities

• Work on core software infrastructure and machine learning models to detect and enforce policies on malicious apps.
• Deliver high-quality infrastructural software and machine learning models in a rapidly evolving environment.
• Manage project priorities, deadlines and deliverables, and design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and enhance software solutions.
• Work in a fast-paced, highly skilled cross-functional team of engineers, product managers, analysts, operations, policy and legal experts.
• Collaborate with other Google teams such as the counter abuse technology team, trust and safety and privacy.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of software development experience in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C++, Go or Java).
• Preferred: Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field, and 2 years of experience with data structures and algorithms.
• Experience or interest in the Anti-Abuse, Trust and Safety domains.
• Interest or experience applying AI/ML and Large Language Models to abuse detection.
• Ability to balance complex global regulatory and policy criteria and deliver robust technical counter-abuse solutions.

Required skills

• Full-stack software engineering experience (back-end, front-end and applied ML) is preferred.
• Programming languages such as Python, C++, Go or Java.