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Security Developer, Anti-Abuse

  • Waterloo, ON, Canada

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Original job description

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience with security assessments or security design reviews or threat modeling.
  • 2 years of experience with security developing, computer and network security and security protocols.
  • 2 years of coding experience in one or more general purpose languages.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Expertise in mobile platforms to identify and counter mobile-based fraud.
  • Experience implementing and analyzing signal collection on user interfaces to detect fraudulent behavior.
  • Experience investigating ad fraud incidents to understand attack vectors and actor methodologies.
  • Experience thinking like an attacker to proactively identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in our defenses.
  • Experience leveraging automation, emulation, and generative AI tools to conduct pen testing on our defenses.

About the job:

Our Security team works to create and maintain the safest operating environment for Google's users and developers. Security Engineers work with network equipment and actively monitor our systems for attacks and intrusions. In this role, you will also work with software engineers to proactively identify and fix security flaws and vulnerabilities.

As a key member of our team, you will be instrumental in building resilient, industry-leading defenses against the scale and sophistication of automated and distributed spam attacks targeting Google's ads ecosystem. This is a unique opportunity to engage in a testing and constantly evolving adversarial environment with significant impact and the satisfaction of contributing to a more trustworthy digital world.

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

Canada: $150000 - $153000 (CAD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

  • Reverse adware and malware.
  • Analyze fraud behavior and attack vectors.
  • Characterize traffic patterns and generate insights.
  • Conduct AI-driven red-teaming experiments.
  • Collaborate with software developers to build scalable and resilient defenses.
More about this job

Responsibilities

The role involves reverse engineering malware, analyzing fraud behavior, and characterizing traffic patterns to identify attack vectors. You will collaborate with software developers to build scalable, resilient defenses and conduct AI-driven red-teaming experiments.

Requirements

Candidates must have a bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of experience in security assessments, threat modeling, and network security. Proficiency in general-purpose programming languages and experience with security protocols are required.

Skills

  • Security assessments
  • Threat modeling
  • Network security
  • Security protocols
  • Coding
  • Mobile platforms
  • Fraud detection
  • Ad fraud investigation
  • Vulnerability mitigation
  • Automation
  • Emulation
  • Generative AI
  • Penetration testing
  • Reverse engineering
  • Malware analysis
  • Red-teaming

Benefits

  • Bonus target
  • Equity
  • Health benefits

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Categories

  • Technology
  • Security & Safety
  • Software
  • Engineering
  • Data & Analytics

Keywords

  • Security Developer
  • Anti-Abuse
  • Security Assessments
  • Threat Modeling
  • Network Security
  • Security Protocols
  • Coding
  • Mobile Platforms
  • Fraud Detection
  • Ad Fraud
  • Vulnerability Mitigation
  • Automation
  • Emulation
  • Generative AI
  • Penetration Testing
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Malware
  • Red-teaming
  • Traffic Analysis
  • Software Engineering
  • Ads Ecosystem
  • Adversarial Environment
  • Google

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