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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Production PKIGoogle'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. Prod Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) builds and operates the foundational cryptographic and identity infrastructure that secures Google's planetary-scale production environments and sovereign cloud deployments. Every service, machine, workload, and administrative action across Google relies on our platform for cryptographically verified identity, scoped authorization, and high-assurance trust boundaries. 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: $262000 - $364000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits.
Responsibilities: Define the overarching multi-year architectural blueprint across the domains to prevent technical fragmentation. Lead cross-domain design reviews, establish unified cryptographic and API design standards, and resolve complex architectural trade-offs across sub-teams. Author and drive the 3–5 year technical goal for production identity, anticipating industry shifts in post-quantum readiness, confidential computing, and agentic workflows. Translate enterprise-wide security mandates including Regional Security Isolation (RSI) and Cryptographic Hygiene programs into actionable, sequenced engineering roadmaps. Align stakeholders on priorities, shared dependencies, and architectural best practices. Guide specialized working groups to drive cross-cutting technical consistency across sub-teams. Partner closely with Security Leadership, Cloud Foundations, Infrasec SRE, CorpEng, and Hardware Security teams to align security boundaries and platform roadmaps. Lead operational excellence, multi-region fault tolerance, automated key rotations, and disaster recovery readiness across all production services.

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