Staff Technical Threat Investigator, Trust and Safety Intel Investigations
Washington D.C., DC, USA · Staff+
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About the role
- You will bridge experimental threat research and production-scale defense by designing modular, maintainable automation, data pipelines, and agentic AI architectures in partnership with Software Engineering (SWE) and Data Engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Identify and lead investigations into sophisticated emerging actor networks and behaviors across Google's ecosystem by correlating complex internal telemetry, open-source intelligence (OSINT), and third-party intelligence at scale.
- Define the technical strategy and design for technology-enabled automation, building modular, production-grade SQL and Python pipelines, Large Language Model (LLM)/agentic workflows, and evaluation frameworks to support proactive threat discovery.
- Partner with Engineering, Data Science, and Product leads across Product Areas to uplevel abuse-fighting infrastructure, implement high-precision signals, and optimize detection systems' performance.
- Author business requirements and technical designs, negotiate shared roadmaps and resource commitments across partners, and align competing priorities into cohesive defense strategies.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Intelligence Studies, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 7 years of experience in data analysis, cybersecurity, or technical threat investigations, including identifying trends, generating summary statistics, and drawing insights from quantitative and qualitative datasets.
- 7 years of experience utilizing SQL, Python, or similar scripting/programming languages to query datasets, build data pipelines, and solve engineering and abuse-detection problems
- 7 years of experience managing projects, including defining multi-quarter project scope, goals, and deliverables in a globally distributed environment.
Nice to have
- Deep expertise in tracking and disrupting sophisticated trust and safety threats, criminal syndicates, scaled fraud/scams, account-based abuse, violent extremism, etc.
- Has led multi-organization, cross-Product Area initiatives, authoring technical requirements, influencing engineering roadmaps, and aligning stakeholders across competing priorities.
- Review exposure to graphic, controversial, or objectionable material (including child exploitation, graphic violence, self-injury, severe fraud/scams, and other disturbing content).
Skills
- Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
Compensation
- $188k-$274k
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