Lead Senior Engineering Analyst, AI Safety - Google
Seattle, WA
About the Job
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in data analysis, including identifying trends, generating summary statistics, and drawing insights from quantitative and qualitative data.
- 5 years of experience managing projects and defining project scope, goals, and deliverables.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree in a quantitative discipline.
- 5 years of experience with one or more of the following languages: SQL, R, Python, or C++.
- 5 years of experience with machine learning systems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking skills with attention to detail in an ever-changing environment
About the job
Trust & Safety team members are tasked with identifying and taking on the biggest problems that challenge the safety and integrity of our products. They use technical know-how, excellent problem-solving skills, user insights, and proactive communication to protect users and our partners from abuse across Google products like Search, Maps, Gmail, and Google Ads. On this team, you're a big-picture thinker and strategic team-player with a passion for doing what’s right. You work globally and cross-functionally with Google engineers and product managers to identify and fight abuse and fraud cases at Google speed - with urgency. And you take pride in knowing that every day you are working hard to promote trust in Google and ensuring the highest levels of user safety.
The AI Safety Protections team within Trust and Safety develops and implements AI/LLM-powered solutions to ensure the safety of generative AI across Google's products. This includes safeguards for consumer products, enterprise offerings (e.g., Vertex AI), on-device applications, as well as foundational models (e.g., Gemini, Juno, Veo) in collaboration with Google DeepMind. The team is dedicated to mitigating risks associated with generative AI, and addressing real-world safety with LLM/AI technology. As a member of the team, you'll have the opportunity to apply the latest advancements in AI/LLM, and work with teams developing AI technologies.
At Google we work hard to earn our users’ trust every day. Trust & Safety is Google’s team of abuse fighting and user trust experts working daily to make the internet a safer place. We partner with teams across Google to deliver bold solutions in abuse areas such as malware, spam and account hijacking. A diverse team of Analysts, Policy Specialists, Engineers, and Program Managers, we work to reduce risk and fight abuse across all of Google’s products, protecting our users, advertisers, and publishers across the globe in over 40 languages.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $139,000-$207,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Analyze and solve problems using data and statistical methods.
- Identify and prevent fraud and abuse.
- Improve tools and automated systems through data analysis, technical knowledge, and present to stakeholders.
- Apply statistical and data science methods to examine Google's protection measures, uncover potential shortcomings, and develop insights for continuous security enhancement.
- Develop scalable safety solutions for AI products across Google by leveraging advanced machine learning and AI techniques, and work with sensitive content or situations and may be exposed to graphic, controversial, or upsetting topics or content.
